Liberty Standing Erect with a Torch on the left and an Olive branch on the right, Sun Rays radiate up behind her, LIBERTY above, stars surrounding edge of coin
The $20 gold piece designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens is considered to be the most beautiful United States coin. The first coins issued were 11,250 high-relief pieces struck for general circulation. The relief is much higher than for later issues,...
Lady Liberty holding the Torch of Freedom and an olive branch with the United States Capitol in the background
The $20 gold piece designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens is considered to be the most beautiful United States coin. There were 11, 250 pieces printed in 1907 in a higher-relief than later issues and the date was in Roman numerals (MCMVII)....
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.
The obverse of the coin shows Phoebus, the sun god, and the reverse bears the letters S.M., which stand for "silver money." These copper coins were issued during the Great Northern War in place of silver currency. They are also called "Görtz Daler...
The obverse of the coin displays the national symbol of Mexico, an eagle on a cactus with a snake in its mouth. The reverse shows a scene with a pyramid labeled Teotihuaca, also known as the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan. Above the pyramid is...
The obverse of the coin displays the national symbol of Mexico, an eagle on a cactus with a snake in its mouth. The reverse shows a scene with a pyramid labeled Teotihuaca, also known as the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan. Above the pyramid is...
This one peso note was issued by the Bank of Mexico (Banco de Mexico). The obverse features the Aztec sun stone, and the reverse is red and shows the Independence Monument.
The American Bank Note Company of New York printed these notes, and the...
The obverse of this aluminum five paise coin features the denomination and India's national emblem, the lions atop the Ashoka pillar. The reverse shows the slogan "Happy Child-Nation's Pride" and a wreath around a depiction of two children and a...
This aluminum ten paise coin has a scalloped edge, and the obverse features the denomination and India's national emblem, the lions atop the Ashoka pillar. The reverse shows the slogan "Happy Child-Nation's Pride" and a wreath around a depiction of...
Head Facin Left, Inscription: "Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi"
This copper-nickel rial was minted in Iran in 1975. The obverse features a head facing left, and the inscription reads “Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi.” The reverse features a lion holding a sword with a rayed sun behind it and a crown above. This...
This copper-nickel fifty dinars coin was minted in Tehran, Iran in 1903 during the reign of Muzaffar al-Din Shah. The obverse bears an inscription surrounded by a wreath with a crown at the top, and the reverse features a lion holding a sword and...
This copper-nickel rial was minted in Iran in 1962. The obverse features the denomination of the coin surrounded by a wreath, and the reverse features a lion holding a sword with a rayed sun behind it and a crown above.
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was...
Lion Holding a Sword in Front of a Rayed Sun, Crown, Wreath
This bronze dinar was minted in Iran in 1931, during the reign of Reza Shah Pahlavi. The obverse features a lion holding a sword in front of a rayed sun with a crown above it and a wreath surrounding it, and the reverse features the denomination...
This medal commemorates the total sun eclipse in Indonesia on June 11, 1983. The obverse shows the path of the eclipse and the time and date it occurred. The reverse features an Indonesian design with the inscription “In commemoration of total...
This jeton was produced in Brussels of the Spanish Netherlands in 1650 AD under the rule of Philip IV. The obverse features armored busts of the king and queen, and the reverse features the words “Vere Novo” and a sun above the signs of the...
This coin was produced in 37 AD when Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (referred to by the nickname Caligula), a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, became the 3rd Emperor of Rome. Philo of Alexandria states that at first Caligula was...
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...
Victorinus Radiate, Draped, and Cuirassed Bust Facing Right
This coin was minted during the reign of Victorinus, a soldier who ascended to the throne of the Gallic Empire after the death of Marius in 268 AD. The obverse shows Victorinus and the inscription "IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG", meaning "Imperator...
Two Young Male Figures Facing, Side by Side, One Upright, the Other Being Inverted
This Greek silver stater was minted around 400 BC in Thrace, Istros, the Colony of Miletus. On the obverse are two male figures facing each other, one is upright, and the other appears upside down. This image has been interpreted as representing...
Helios, the sun god and patron of Rhodes appears on the obverse of this silver hemidrachm, and an open rose, the flower from which Rhodes took its name, appears on the reverse.
Rhodes was prosperous and well known for its trade, and the symbols...
