Coins Collection (page 8)

Tales from Many Lands: Why the Sea is Salty

Michael and the Mighty Men

Diving for coins, Nassau, Bahama Isl ds

A Pretty Penny by Batcherlor
A glamorous bathing belle with a fashionable paper parasol poses elegantly on a penny coin. Date: 1927

Design drawings for circular coins with square hole in center. Date 1878 Dec

Kaiser Wilhelm appeals to Queen Alexandra
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany appeals to Queen Alexandra of Great Britain, who sits atop the vast wealth of the British Empire

The Landlord from The Gin-Shop by Cruikshank
This is the Landlord who coins his bright gold, Out of the ruin of youthful and old, Who drink the strong liquors he sells night and day, At the bar of the Gin-shop, so glittering and gay

Royal Mint London
The Royal Mint, near Tower Hill, London, where it coins were made between 1811 and 1967, when the Royal Mint moved to Llantrisant, Wales. Date: 1950s

Austrian army receiving their first pay, WW1
Newly recruited members of the Austrian army receive their first pay on mobilisation at the start of the First World War. An official takes coins out of a canvas bag. Date: 1914

Pearly Kings Count Up
Counting up money donated to a Pearly King charity. Date: 1930s

L Abbe de la Coste
The French forger, L Abbe de la Coste, looks rather disgruntled, having been tied to a post, hands bound, a dog relieving itself on him

German robbers during the Peasants War
A chaotic scene during the Peasants War showing a group of German robbers, some preparing for their next attack whilst others count the loot from a previous haul. 1530s

Coiners detected
Police apprehend a gang of counterfeiters forging money, while their children play innocently in the foreground. Date: 1838

Piper in Brittany 1905
A blind piper plays on the street, with his hat hanging from his arm for coins. Date: 1905

Hippocrates / Artaxerxes
HIPPOCRATES. Greek medical, refusing Artaxerxess gifts Date: 460 - 357BC

Lydian Coins
Lydian coins, the earliest known coins

Roman Coins / Camden
Coins of the Romans

Star Child and Silver
A poor child has fled barefoot into the forest - she looks up at the stars - and they fall in the form of silver coins. Date: 19th century

Rimming Coins at Mint
Rimming coins at the Royal Mint, London Date: 1887

A Spanish Bella
An attractive young Spanish woman, wearing a headscarf with coins, also an embroidered shawl wrapped around her waist. Date: 1912

Monte Carlo fancy dress costume
A fancy dress suggestion of a costume representing Monte Carlo. The dress is half red satin and half black velvet with one red shoe and the other black

Tipping tube / W H Robinson
When asking for directions it is a kindly act to requite the informant with a small sum in coins. When dispensed from the tipping tube it prevents the struggle with pockets

Croatia - Traditional National Costume (6 / 8)
Croatia - Traditional National Costume (6/8) - young man standing on the beach smoking a cigarette. He is holding a furled blue umbrella and wears a red jerkin adorned with silver coins or medallions

Croatia - Traditional National Costume (2 / 8)
Croatia - Traditional National Costume (2/8) - Young man on the quayside with a decorative outfit with large wide leather belt

Turkish Coin Card - small denominations
Turkish Coin Card, illustrating various small denominations of coin with their foreign exchange rates

Turkish Coin Card, illustrating various denominations of coin with their foreign exchange rates

In a French bar
A waiter waits patiently for a customer to find the money needed to pay for his glass of wine

Street scene, Barbados. Throwing Money
A raucous scene in the streets of Bridgetown, Barbados where it was the tradition for visitors landing at the port to throw copper and silver coins to people in the street

A Fantasy by Edwin Morrow
A young woman imagines a rich suitor in her hands, and thinks, " He loves me, he loves me not..." as coins and money notes fall to the ground instead of petals

The Weighing Office at the Bank of England. Section of the W
There was a crisis at the Bank of England in the early nineteenth century when it was discovered that a large proportion of the 8, 000, 000 gold sovereigns in circulation were light

Brazil. A Gold Washing. Gold Dust
Engraving of grains of gold, oval in shape like minute coins

Stack of Coins
A photo from the royal mint to show how the new money is made. This picture shows crown pieces of the new design

On board a passenger ship, Aden, 1891
Engraving of a scene on the deck of a passenger ship anchored off Aden; European passengers are pictured throwing coins into the water for local children to dive for

Maltese Boys Dive C1880
Passengers on an India-bound P&O liner are treated to a display of diving (for coins) by Maltese boys

Money Changer / China
A money changer examines a coin to check against others which he stoes on strings to correctly assess size and weight

Melting Metal for Coins
Melting metal for coins at the Royal Mint, London

Maximilian I Shown Mint
A mint is shown to the young Emperor Maximilian I

Moulding Coins at Mint
Moulding coins at the Royal Mint, London

Miser in a Boat
A German miser sails down a river in a boat filled with gold coins, little suspecting that a demon is crouched behind him as he drifts unwittingly to damnation

Emile De Girardin / Trombi
EMILE DE GIRARDIN French journalist

Fearful Miser Guards
A fearful miser guards his money

Blanching & Drying Coins
The blanching room is where blanks, after annealing, have their surfaces polished. After this the coins are dried in revolving drums

Coin Presses at Mint
The coining presses are capable of striking coins of any denomination at the rate of one hundred and twenty per minute

Coin Weighing Machines
Automatic coin-weighing machines separate coins into three different weight divisions

Telling Room at Mint
After final examination the coins are counted automatically into bags containing a specific value

Daikoku, God of Wealth
The God of Wealth carries a bag of rice, representing wealth; his upraised hammer is a magic container from which he showers coins on those he favours

Bagging New Coins
Two men scooping up finished coins and placing them in bags at the Royal Mint

Selling Hot Potatoes
A woman wearing a shawl cooks potatoes to sell them hot on the street; a man digs in his pocket for some coins while a boy warms his hands on the side of the portable stove

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