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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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  • Sweden 45 Öre Stockholms Ångslups Aktiebolag

    Sweden 45 Öre Stockholms Ångslups Aktiebolag

    A ferry token from Sweden’s water-framed archipelago capital Stockholm (Stockholm in winter, from https://www.visitstockholm.com/) People talk about Venice and Amsterdam as being defined by their canals, but the DNA of Stockholm is every bit as watery. A patchwork of islands set on the edge of 75-mile-long freshwater Lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea, its landscape…

  • Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company Token

    Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company Token

    The Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company (P.J. & M.S.S.Co.) was formed in 1877, and ran ferries from Circular Quay, in Sydney’s CBD, to Manly, a tourist beachside town, now suburb of Sydney, Australia. In the early 20th Century, the company issued numerous metal passes to passengers on a monthly, quarterly, half yearly, or yearly…