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SAXON COINSA selection of Saxon coins, showing the heads of various kings. Date: 798 - 821
GIRL IN PHONE BOXA young woman puts 1/- (a shilling) into a public pay phone in a telephone box. Only 6d (sixpence) or 1/- coins accepted. Dial 100 for the operator. Those were the days. Date: 1960s
GERMAN MERCHANT CHARITYA German merchant digs into his money-bags and hands a fistful of coins to a poor family. Date: circa 1510
Eastern chariots, mostly depicted on coinsEastern chariots (Roman, Persian, Sidonian), mostly depicted on coins and in the centre Roman women sitting in an ox-cart, watched by a soldier. Date: circa 0 BCE / O CE
C16 BRITISH COINSA selection of British coinage dating from Queen Elizabeths reign. These include a Gold Rial, Gold Angel, Crown, Shilling, Sixpence, Groat and Penny. Date: 16th Century
ANCIENT ROMAN COINSAncient Roman coins
COINING PROCESSThe process of coining Date: circa 1500
AMERICAN DOLLARSA selection of different dollar coins, before the introduction of the United States Central Bank in 1911. The coins pictured include a dollar from California. Date: late 19th century
MISER GUARDS HIS MONEYA miser guards his money
COIN OF CANUTECoin of Canute, the Danish king who was also king of England (1016-35)
LOUIS XV IN PARISLOUIS XV inaugurates the Place Louis XV, later the place de la Concorde, 1754 - 1763; street children scramble for the coins he throws Date: 1710-1774
COIN / VICTORIA CROWN 1847The new Victoria Crown. Date: 1847
Two men sit beside stall in the market at Houmt Souk, DjerbaTwo men sit beside a stall in the market at Houmt Souk, Djerba, Tunisia. One man holds out his hands for money and the other checks a note before passing him coins both wear traditional Tunisian
Coins of Mexico, Central America and flag. Date: 1910
The Royal Mint - The Museum. Date: circa 1908
Roman coin. Asses. Bronze. 1st century BC. Mint of Iltirda (Lerida). Catalonia. Museum of History. Sabadell. Catalonia, Spain
Metal Age. The gold bracteates. National Museum of DenmarkThe gold bracteates. Flat, thin and single-sided gold medal worn as jewelry that was produced in Northern Europe predominantly during the Migration Period of the Germanic Iron Age
Cartoon, In the trench club, WW1Cartoon, In the trench club. Some French soldiers are playing cards for money in their trench when an explosion goes off nearby
Coin with PericlesCoin with the portrait of Pericles. Greek art. Coin
100 soldi scudo with portrait of Philip IV of Spain (Milan, 1657). Coin. SPAIN. Barcelona. Numismatic Cabinet of Catalonia
Sheffield Workhouse Token, 1815A one penny workhouse token of the Sheffield Workhouse, Yorkshire, from 1815. During a national shortage of copper coins in 1812-15
Tarot Card - Cavalier de Deniers (Knight of Coins)
Tarot Card - Valet de Deniers (Page of Coins)
Tarot Card - Roy de Deniers (King of Coins)
Silver crown with comic verse on a Christmas cardSilver crown with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
Jester dancing on a German greetings card. Date: circa 1890s
Arab Girl - Cairo, Egypt - wearing coins and medallions on a beaded string around her hairline and neck. Date: circa 1907
Old Japanese Matchbox label with two women and Chinese coins made in Japan for the Chinese market Date: c. 1910s
Medieval coins. Left: Diner quatern. Reign of Alfonso I of CMedieval coins. 12th-13th century. Left: Diner quatern. Minted in Barcelona. Reverse. Reign of Alfonso I of Catalonia(1162-1196). Right: Diner Doblenc. Minted in Barcelona. Reverse
Assarius. Reverse and adverse. Ibero-roman. Bronze. Mint ofAssarius. Roman Coins. Left. Reverse. As. Ibero-roman. Bronze. Rider with palm. Adverse. As. Ibero-roman. Bronze. Head with amphora. Mint of Eusti (Caldes de Montbui). History Museum. Sabadell
Judas Iscariot. One of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ. Betrayal of Jesus to the hands of the chief Sanhedrin priests in exchange for a payment of thirty silver coins. Engraving by Bong
Friedrich I (Barbarossa), Holy Roman Emperor from 1155. He drowned in a river near Antioch while on a Crusade, but as depicted here there is a legend that he is sleeping with his knights in a cave
Two of Coins Tarot cardTarot of Marseilles tarot card - Two of Coins, deux de deniers
Roman as with a representation of the god Janus. This was the first coin ever struck by Ancient Rome
Doble Excelente (Double Excellent) coined in Seville. 1480. Obverse of gold coin with the representation of the Catholic Monarchs. Coin
Roman antiquities at the site of Procolitia, 1876Roman antiquities at the site of Procolitia, on the wall of Hadrian and Severus, including coins, vases and slabs. The engraving at the top shows the Roman bath after excavation. Date: 1876
Lighter constructed from a large brass nut with two French copper coins on either side. One is dated 1916. Trench Art
British coin, Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee crownBritish coin, an Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee commemorative crown. Its face value is 25 pence. Date: 1977
Double mina from Chios with an harpy. Coin. SPAIN
French Revolution (1794). Assignats, banknote of the French Republic. Coin. SPAIN. Madrid. Army Museum
Penny for the GuyPeople You See. Penny for the Guy. From Teddy Bear (6 November 1965)
Halesowen Workhouse TokenA one penny workhouse token issued in 1813 at Halesowen, then placed in Shropshire. During a national shortage of copper coins in 1812-15
Zara Italian WomenBeauties of Zara, Italy, wearing their elaborate traditional costumes and quaint caps, covered in gold coins. Date: 1930s
Pola Negri as the Spanish DancerPOLA NEGRI (Barbara Apolonia Chalupiec) in 1924, Polish film actress who specialised in femme fatale roles in silent films
Croatia - Traditional National Costume (1 / 8)Croatia - Traditional National Costume (1/8) - Young woman standing on the seashore
Tarot Card - As de Deniers (Ace of Coins)
Postcard explaining the currency of Chile, South America, with equivalent values for other countries. circa 1905
The Dollar Princess by A. M. Willner and F. GruenbaumThe Dollar Princess by A.M. Willner and F. Gruenbaum, with music by Leo Fall, (Theater an der Wien, Vienna, 2nd November 1907). English adaptation by Basil Hood