Soldino Coin: History of the Venetian Small Denomination
Illustrated Specimen Details: Soldino Example Specimen: Soldino, 1610 (Kingdom of Candia) Authority & Identification: This copper coin was minted for the Kingdom of Candia (modern Crete) during its period as a Venetian over…
Półgrosz Świdnicki (1517-1526): History of State Forgery
Illustrated Specimen Details: Półgrosz Świdnicki Example Specimen: Półgrosz Świdnicki, 1526 (City of Świdnica) Authority & Identification: This silver coin is a Półgrosz Świdnicki minted in 1526 in the Silesian city of Świd…
Tornesello: Venetian Colonial Coinage (14th-16th cc.)
Illustrated Specimen Details: Tornesello Example Specimen: Tornesello, 1382-1400 (Republic of Venice, Stato da Màr) Authority & Identification: This billon coin is a classic Tornesello issued during the reign of Doge Antoni…
Scellino vs Shilling: Somali Coinage History
Illustrated Specimen Details: Somali Scellino Example Specimen: 1 Scellino, 1967 (Somali Republic) Authority & Identification: This copper-nickel coin is the inaugural issue of the 1 Scellino denomination from the Somali Re…
Double Tournois: The Standard Small Coin of France
Illustrated Specimen Details: Double Tournois Example Specimen: Double Tournois, 1639 (Kingdom of France) Authority & Identification: This copper coin is a standard Double Tournois issued in 1639 during the reign of Louis X…
Medieval Teutonic Schilling: Prussian Crusader Currency
Illustrated Specimen Details: Teutonic Schilling Example Specimen: Teutonic Schilling, 1422-1441 (State of the Teutonic Order) Authority & Identification: This silver piece is a classic Teutonic schilling issued by the Stat…
Pingin: The Gaelic Penny of the Irish Free State
Illustrated Specimen Details: Irish Pingin Example Specimen: 1 Pingin, 1935 (Irish Free State) Authority & Identification: This prominent bronze coin is a classic pre-decimal pingin issued by the Irish Free State in 1935. T…
Denaras / Kyivan Dang: 14th Century Silver Coin History
Illustrated Specimen Details: Kyivan Denaras Example Specimen: Denaras, 1362-1394 (Principality of Kyiv) Authority & Identification: This miniature silver piece is a regional medieval coin struck under the authority of the …
FEL TEMP REPARATIO: The Roman Centenionalis Coinage
Illustrated Specimen Details: Roman Bronze Centenionalis Example Specimen: Centenionalis, 361-363 (Later Roman Empire) Authority & Identification: This ancient bronze coin is a classic centenionalis issued by the Later Roma…
Cilician Armenia Takvorin (1320-1341): History and Value
Illustrated Specimen Details: Hammered Silver Takvorin Example Specimen: Takvorin, 1320-1341 (Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia) Authority & Identification: This hammered silver piece is a classical medieval takvorin struck under…