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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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  • 1975 Iraq 10 Fils

    1975 Iraq 10 Fils

    A beautiful landscape on an interesting coin Iraq (The ziggurat of Ur, one of the oldest temples in Iraq. Image from cibiq.com.iq). Last time we looked at Iraq, we touched on Iraq being the cradle of civilization, and on the Ottoman empire. The image above is a temple from the Sumerian civilisation, generally considered, the…

  • 1959 Iraq 1 Fils

    1959 Iraq 1 Fils

    The first Decagonal coin The Decagon When I posted about the 2018 Mauritania 20 Ouguiya, I noticed the coin next to it in the set, the decagonal 10 Ouguiya. A decagon is a shape with ten sides. Which of course got me thinking, what was the FIRST dodecagonal coin? It was the Iraq 1 Fils…