Archaeological studies have shown that axe money came into Mexico from Ecuador and coincides with the development of metallurgy within the early Mexican culture. The axe money pictured here is smaller than normal and is representative of axe...
Modern machine - made coins were only introduced in Morocco in 1882. Before this, most coins were crudely cast bronze coins in "Falus" denominations, or hammered silver Dirhams and gold Benuqis. The weights of all denominations were variable, and...
This type of coinage is considered to be referred to in the Bible as the “thirty pieces of silver” paid to Judas in exchange for betraying Jesus. Because of debased coinage in circulation, only coins of good silver, originally minted in Tyre,...
This is an example of arrowhead money produced in Thrace, specifically Istros, in the sixth to fifth century BC. These pieces were most likely used as a unit of exchange, but they are not specifically coins. Arrowhead money was used in Thrace and...
This is an example of arrowhead money produced in Thrace, specifically Istros, in the sixth to fifth century BC. These pieces were most likely used as a unit of exchange, but they are not specifically coins. Arrowhead money was used in Thrace and...
This silver denar was minted in Hungary during the reign of Andreas or Andrew I. The obverse features a cross design with the inscription “REX ANDREAS” surrounding it. The reverse features a cross with small triangles in the four quadrants and...
Bactria was conquered by Alexander the Great and was part of the division that went to Seleucus and the Seleucid Empire after his death. It prospered because of its fertile land which offered wealth and peace to its inhabitants. The ruler of the...
In Russia, the twelfth through the early fourteenth centuries AD are known as the coinless period, when solid silver bars provided the principal medium of exchange. The minting of Russian coins resumed in the second half of the fourteenth century...
The Greek city Corinth was one of the most important cities of ancient Greece. Corinth was located in the strait connecting Peloponnesos and central Greece. It controlled trade in the Mediterranean and became powerful for some time. The Corinthian...
This East India Company 10-cash copper coin was minted in 1808 by the Soho Mint in Birmingham, England for circulation in the Madras Province in British India. It was recovered from the shipwreck of the Admiral Gardner, a brig from the East India...
Confederate Military Hospital
Charleston, S.C. Sept. 23rd 1864
My Dear Father,
This letter is written by a friend as I am unable to write. I have not been as well for the past [night] as usual [and my exchange is ???? ]and has reduced me so low...
Libby Prison: Richmond, Va
April 11th 1864
Dear Parents: This morning finds me in tolerable health & good spirits. I see by extracts from northern papers that that the present arrangement for exchange is [Lah’s] factory to Lt. Gen. Grant & Gen....
On July 4th, 1853, Edmund Fairfield, president of Michigan Central College, gave two speeches. The first was at the country fairgrounds and was entitled True National Greatness. The second remarks were at the laying of the cornerstone for...
Camp 6th Ind Val Cavly
Nashville Tennessee
February 24th 1865
Thomas D. Kimball. Sr
Middleburg Ind
Dear Sir.
I made the acquaintance of your son Lieut T D. Kimball Jr in Prison at Charleston, S.C. He gave me your address and requested me to write...
Battlefields; Military officers; Military life; Military service; Prisoner exchanges; Prisoners; Prisoners of war; War;
Captain Thomas DeKay Kimball, Jr. enlisted as a private in 1862 in Company I, 88th Indiana Infantry. He took part in the battles of Perrysville and Stone River. He was captured at the Battle of Chickamauga. He was imprisoned at Libby Prison,...
