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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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  • 1932 Germany 4 Reichspfennig

    1932 Germany 4 Reichspfennig

    A short lived German coin aimed at deflation Post WWI Germany After World War One, Germany was severely punished by the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. The newly formed Weimar Republic faced much opposition from both right- and left-wing groups. From 1918 to 1933, reparations payments, hyperinflation and the Great Depression caused much economic hardship for the…

  • 2012 Turkey 25 Kuruş

    2012 Turkey 25 Kuruş

    A decorative Turkish coin Turkey (Turkey, shown on a globe, from Wikipedia). Last time we looked at a Turkish coin, a 1960 5 Kuruş, we covered the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire after WW1, the renaming of the capital Constantinople to Istanbul in 1930, and the importance of the star and crescent to the country.…