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Knowledge, one coin at a time.

Saint Eligius, pray for us

Inverted anchor cross. A cross with slightly widened ends, with two anchor flukes coming out of the top and curving left and right, also with slightly widened ends.







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  • 1956 Sweden 5 Öre

    1956 Sweden 5 Öre

    Interesting incuse designs In writing up the Finland 5 Markkaa, one of the design choices which stands out is the raised text in an incuse box. Looking at that, the first thing that came to my mind was the 1952-1971 series coins from Sweden. Reverse The reverse features the value dividing the date, with the…

  • Vegvisir / Viking Compass

    Vegvisir / Viking Compass

    Here is a piece I picked up just for the cool design: The medallion is the same on both sides. The design is “Vegvisir”, also known as “The Viking Compass” or “Norse Compass”. It is an interesting design which certainly looks Viking: an 8 pointed symbol with different designs on each arm made up of…