My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
In 2024 I designed the Ice Age Giants coin series, for the The Royal Mint and the Natural History Museum, London. The Third coin to be released featured Megaloceros, the giant deer ("Irish Elk").
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
In 2024 I designed the Ice Age Giants coin series, for the The Royal Mint and the Natural History Museum, London. The Third coin to be released featured Megaloceros, the giant deer ("Irish Elk").
Archaeologists in #Germany have uncovered a hoard of coins from the 30 Years' War. The coins from a large area, raise questions, not least of which: why are there only three in a large copper cauldron?
And from me: How many coins does it take to become a "#hoard"? One #coin is usually simple reported as "A coin was found...", so evidently, it's either two #coins, or three. Leave your answers in the comments!
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Two years ago today, I published the first piece on the Coin of Note site! A #medallion, depicting the patron #saint of #numismatics and coin collecting, Saint Eligius. Here it is: https://coinofnote.com/saint-eligius-medallion/
Here's to many more years!
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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Here are my 3D sculpt design drawings for the 2023 DINOSAUR CELEBRITIES coin series. The first T. rex design was considered too feathered. Designed for The Royal Mint and Natural History Museum, London.
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Here are the skeletal illustrations for the acrylic blocks from the 2023 DINOSAUR CELEBRITIES coin series. I designed them for The Royal Mint and Natural History Museum, London.
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
The limited edition DINOSAUR CELEBRITIES coin series print. I designed it in 2023, for The Royal Mint and Natural History Museum, London, featured are Tyrannosaurus, Diplodocus, and Stegosaurus.
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Here's the environment illustration for the Diplodocus coin, from the 2023 DINOSAUR CELEBRITIES series. I designed them (also Tyrannosaurus & Stegosaurus) for The Royal Mint and Natural History Museum, London.
Collecting #AncientCoins, particularly those from Rome is popular. But how much do you know about the #Roman #banking system? Invicta has you covered with this 19 minute video on the banking system in #Ancient #Rome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw-TszklK-g (Not much mention of specific coins, but an interesting discussion on how it worked)
#Numismatics #Historian #Histodons #CoinCollecting @numismatics @histodons
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Here's the Diplodocus packaging art from the 2023 DINOSAUR CELEBRITIES coin series. I designed them (also Tyrannosaurus & Stegosaurus) for The Royal Mint and Natural History Museum, London.
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Here's the environment illustration for the Stegosaurus coin, from the 2023 DINOSAUR CELEBRITIES series. I designed them (also Tyrannosaurus & Diplodocus) for The Royal Mint and Natural History Museum, London.
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Here's the Stegosaurus packaging art from the 2023 DINOSAUR CELEBRITIES coin series. I designed them for The Royal Mint & Natural History Museum, London, the other two dinosaurs in the series were Tyrannosaurus & Diplodocus.
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Here's the environment illustration for the Tyrannosaurus coin, from the 2023 DINOSAUR CELEBRITIES series. I designed them (also Stegosaurus & Diplodocus) for The Royal Mint and Natural History Museum, London.
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Here's the Tyrannosaurus packaging art from the 2023 DINOSAUR CELEBRITIES coin series. I designed them (also Stegosaurus & Diplodocus) for The Royal Mint and Natural History Museum, London.
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #447: The 10th Anniversary EU Coin.
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#coins #eu #currency #coincollecting #boatymcboatface #europe #strangebuttrue #contests #trolling #funfacts #didyouknow #webcomic #comics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
In 2023 I created my third Tales of the Earth coin series with The Royal Mint and Natural History Museum, London. DINOSAUR CELEBRITIES featured Tyrannosaurus rex, Stegosaurus and Diplodocus.
The stories behind the coins are what really bring them to life. While I don't have any coins of Mexican Emperor Maximilian I, but knowing his story, certainly brings life into those coins (I mean, not to him of course, his life as #Emperor of #Mexico was short lived :) )
Story from E-Sylum: https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n26.html#article13
Coins in Numista: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?e=mexico&r=&st=all&cat=y&im1=&im2=&ru=4028&ie=&ca=3&no=&v=&a=&dg=&i=&b=&m=&f=&t=&t2=&w=&mt=&u=&g=
#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Coins #History #Histodons @numismatics @histodons
Why do medieval coins look simpler than ancient coins? It's not just that the Roman Empire had fallen and it took a thousand years to get back to the same level of technology, as we often hear. Classical Numismatics dives into it and explains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj_13kelQWE
#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #AncientCoins #Ancient #History #Histodons @Numismatics @histodons
Canadian Coin News: Numismatic resources archive reaches milestone. “The Canadian Numismatic Resources (CNR) website has surpassed 1,000 uploaded documents—and continues to grow. The digital archive, launched in 2023, offers free access to digitized articles, journals, books, reports and manuscripts related to numismatics and monetary history…”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/21/canadian-coin-news-numismatic-resources-archive-reaches-milestone/
A new coin was recently discovered that is thought to be the oldest known Anglo-Saxon coin. The "massively significant" find that was struck in the 7th Century. The design depicts a man dancing a jig while holding a Christian cross above a symbol linked to the Norse god Odin.
https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n24.html#article23
#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Coins #AncientCoins #History #Histodons @numismatics @histodons
Still on the Roman Empire, and still in E-Sylum, and an interesting article on the many and sometimes confusing uses of the word Maximus / Max and finding it on coins: https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n24.html#article19
#History #Histodons #Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Coins #AncientCoins #Rome #RomanEmpire @numismatics @histodons