Text "C of N" on a postal numismatic cover surrounded by coins and tokens. See "About" page for list.

Coin of Note

Knowledge, one coin at a time.

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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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Text "C of N" on a postal numismatic cover surrounded by coins and tokens. List below, but see https://coinofnote.com/about-coin-of-note/ for more details on each: A Japan 4 Mon coin from 1768-9 with a lovely pattern of waves A Peru 1/2 Sol 1944, a coin with a beautiful coat of arms An ancient Greek coin showing the owl of Athena, which really sparked my interest in ancient Greek coins A religious pocket token quoting Mark 10:27: "With GOD, all things are POSSIBLE.", a medallion from my collection of pieces with bible references A Gettone Telefonico telephone token from Italy A 1 Falus coin from Morocco, a wonderfully tactile coin (1259 / 1843) A Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway check from the USA, an interesting type of industrial token I have become interested in recently A 2021 Superb Fruit Dove Tuvalu Dollar (as part of the PNC), a coin and envelope with a lovely design A Saint Eligius Medal, a beautiful piece, depicting the patron saint of our hobby An 1856 16 Skilling Rigsmønt coin from Denmark, where my family once emigrated from A 1984 2 Forint coin from Hungary A Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company pass from Australia, a set of passes I gave my first numismatic talk on

About Coin of Note

About Q

Hi, I’m Q, as in Questioning, Querying, Questing, Quesadilla!

Wait, maybe not that last one, although all this writing *is* making me hungry.

Coin of Note is a personal project to share numismatic information & images of coins or exonumia (tokens, medals / medallions) I enjoy. I love to learn about history & try to include interesting info. I hope you enjoy it! I’m always up for a numismatic chat 🙂

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I started Coin of Note back in May 2018 on Twitter. Then I moved to Mastodon, and now I’ve finally setup this site to accompany it. On social media, I try to regularly participate in some of the daily hashtags like:

  • #SaturdayNightCoinShow -A weekly time to encourage everyone to post pictures of coins or anything related to numismatics. “Saturday” is flexible, and no-one is checking the time you post against a clock 🙂
  • #MedalMonday – A time to post medals and medallions. Again, “Monday” is an elastic concept.
  • #TokenTuesday – All things token!

Coins of the cover image

Text "C of N" on a postal numismatic cover surrounded by coins and tokens. See "About" page for list.

The cover image of the site features a Postal Numismatic Cover (PNC), an envelope with a stamp and coin on a matching theme – in this case “Doves & Pigeons”. The PNC is covered in a selection of other coins and exonumia. The featured coins and tokens, in rough order are:

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Everything on the site and published by “Coin of Note” is copyright Coin of Note, 2023 – 2024. Feel free to link to any page on the site. Content is not available for “AI” learning, scraping or similar use. If you’d like to use content from the site in your own work, please do get in touch. I endeavour to clearly link to references / original sources throughout my posts. If I have quoted / referenced something of your and I’ve made a mistake or you object, please also get in touch.

Text "C of N" on a postal numismatic cover surrounded by coins and tokens. List below, but see https://coinofnote.com/about-coin-of-note/ for more details on each: A Japan 4 Mon coin from 1768-9 with a lovely pattern of waves A Peru 1/2 Sol 1944, a coin with a beautiful coat of arms An ancient Greek coin showing the owl of Athena, which really sparked my interest in ancient Greek coins A religious pocket token quoting Mark 10:27: "With GOD, all things are POSSIBLE.", a medallion from my collection of pieces with bible references A Gettone Telefonico telephone token from Italy A 1 Falus coin from Morocco, a wonderfully tactile coin (1259 / 1843) A Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway check from the USA, an interesting type of industrial token I have become interested in recently A 2021 Superb Fruit Dove Tuvalu Dollar (as part of the PNC), a coin and envelope with a lovely design A Saint Eligius Medal, a beautiful piece, depicting the patron saint of our hobby An 1856 16 Skilling Rigsmønt coin from Denmark, where my family once emigrated from A 1984 2 Forint coin from Hungary A Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company pass from Australia, a set of passes I gave my first numismatic talk on