Tag: Cypher
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1943 Papua New Guinea 6 Pence
A tribal war club PNG Tribes A couple of months ago we covered the 1 Kina coin from Papua New Guinea (PNG). In sharing that piece on social media, Ian gave some extra information. He lived in PNG in the 1970s and I didn’t want to lose it, so thought I’d take the opportunity to…
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1962 Norway 10 Øre
The last cypher-only coin When researching King Charles III’s coronation medallion recently, I explored how Monograms have letters which form part of each other, where Cyphers (or ciphers) have letters which could be separated. The O and V on this coin could be separated, so I would have called it a cypher, despite what the…
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King Charles III Coronation medallion
The coronation of King Charles III was on the 6th of May 2023. There was no shortage of commemorative souvenirs available made by many different organisations, both official and less so. I picked this piece up from Downies purely because I like the coronation emblem and the cypher featured on it. Here is the Coronation…