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

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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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  • 2018 XC Falcon Cobra 40 Years PMC

    2018 XC Falcon Cobra 40 Years PMC

    The last two-door falcon Falcon history In the 1950s, the Australian-built Holdens (FX, FJ, FE and FC) outsold the imported Fords of the era – primarily due to the cheaper cost of local production vs importing. Seeing the new “Falcon” being developed in Detroit, USA, Ford Australia immediately liked the new car. Ford built a…

  • 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…