The Amphictyon Society was a male literary society founded in 1857 at Hillsdale College. This is the first issue of a literary journal published by the society. Contributions were anonymous.
This coins bears an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right on the obverse, and a superb lyrebird facing left on the reverse with its tail plumes expanded forward over its head. The lyrebird is native to Australia and southern Tasmania and is...
This nickel Austrian medal was made in 1695 during the reign of Leopold I who claimed the title of Holy Roman Emperor. The obverse features a bust of Leopold I while the reverse displays the double headed eagle and coat of arms. Leopold I acquired...
Bust of Leopold II facing right, Engraver's initials: LW, Date 1877, Inscription LEOPOLD II ROI DES BELGES.
This Belgium coin clearly displays the initials of its engraver, Leopold Wiener (LW), under the lower left corner of Leopold II's bust. Wiener worked as a royal engraver at the end of Leopold I's reign and continued his work with the Belgium...
Bust of Elizabeth II, ELIZABETH II to the left and D. G. REGINA to the right
In 1990, the Royal Canadian Mint made their first proof platinum set: the 1990 Polar Bear series. They had been making bullion coins since 1989 with their Maple Leaf Proof coins ranging from one ounce to 1/10 ounce in gold, silver and bullion. With...
Bust of Elizabeth II, ELIZABETH II to the left and D. G. REGINA to the right
In 1990, the Royal Canadian Mint made their first proof platinum set: the 1990 Polar Bear series. They had been making bullion coins since 1989 with their Maple Leaf Proof coins ranging from one ounce to 1/10 ounce in gold, silver and bullion. With...
Bust of Elizabeth II, ELIZABETH II to the left and D. G. REGINA to the right
In 1990, the Royal Canadian Mint made their first proof platinum set: the 1990 Polar Bear series. They had been making bullion coins since 1989 with their Maple Leaf Proof coins ranging from one ounce to 1/10 ounce in gold, silver and bullion. With...
Bust of Elizabeth II, ELIZABETH II to the left and D. G. REGINA to the right, 1991 Below
In 1990, the Royal Canadian Mint made their first proof platinum set: the 1990 Polar Bear series. They had been making bullion coins since 1989 with their Maple Leaf Proof coins ranging from one ounce to 1/10 ounce in gold, silver and bullion. With...
This five pfennig coin was minted in 1918 under the German Empire. Formerly minted in copper-nickel, the five pfennig coin was minted in iron during World War I. The obverse shows the denomination and date, and the reverse bears the imperial...
This silver sceat, series "X," was minted between 700 and 750 AD. The obverse features the head of Woden with radiating hair, mustache, and beard between two crosses. The reverse bears a monster or dragon.
The Woden/monster type of sceat was most...
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,...
A notation on the back of this postcard is "Museum and Theadelphic Hall". The Theadelphic Society was one of the literary societies on Hillsdale's campus. It was on an upper floor and when the floor collapsed, the debris was sent into the...
One of an early series of postcards which highlight various areas of Slayton Arboretum. The postcards are edged in silver. This postcard shows one of the lower pools with a small waterfall on the left.
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....
This is an example of a sales tax token or "mill" issued in Kansas between 1937 and 1939.
Starting in the 1930s, some states imposed a sales tax of two or three percent on goods sold. Because of the lower prices of goods back then, there was a...
President Franklin Pierce in the Center, Commerce on the right, Ceres on the left
This railroad paper money was circulated by The Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad Bank. It was chartered in March 1835 by the Michigan Legislative Council. It was established during the free banking era - when lots of scandals and cheats were setting up...
This silver coin was created in 1934. William Clark Noble of Newport, Rhode Island, originally sculptured the obverse design, and a well-known Panamanian artist, Roberto Lewis, designed the reverse.
On the obverse is the image of Vasco Nunez de...
