In 1864, an umarried man of 29, N. W. Bassett ( Nehemiah W. Bassett) left Hudson and went south to work for the U.S. Army. He reports on camp life in Chattanooga, Tennessee. His connection to Hillsdale College is unknown and how this journal...
Simon Hadley writes to his sister, Etta, of the joy of receiving a letter after not hearing from home in six weeks, during which time he has been in battle five times. He describes being on a march and coming under fire from an ambush.
In this letter to his sister, Etta, Cornelius Hadley writes of being on march for the past three months, so much so they have not had time to laundry, let alone write. As there was space left on the letter, Cousin Lind also wrote to Etta. Lind is...
Minnie Hadley was a sister-in-law to Laurette Hadley. She was married to Cornelius Hadley, "Neal", brother to Laurette. She writes of local news and discusses the meaning of married love.
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...
Muzaffar al-Din Shah ascended to the Iranian throne in 1896. However his extravagant lifestyle did not prepare him to rule well. With the country already in debt to England and Russia, Muzaffar attempted to stabilize the economy but selling its...
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 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...
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...
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...
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 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...
Eight Different Trigrams with corresponding Chinese character above
This Chinese bronze charm contains on the obverse eight characters, each representing a trigram which is minted underneath the character. One of the classic Chinese texts is known as the I Ching and contains a divination system which includes these...
Hammer and Sickle on a Globe Surrounded by Sheaves of Wheat
The obverse of this 1 kopeck brass coin has a hammer and sickle pictured on a globe that is above the sun. These images are in the middle of two sheaves of wheat, with a star at the top. The reverse shows the denomination and date, 3/4 of which is...
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...
The obverse of this silver didrachm bears the head of Helios, the sun god and patron of Rhodes, and the reverse bears a rose with a rosebud and a bunch of grapes. The symbol of the rose is a pun, as Rhodes derived its name from the Greek word...
In the late fifth century BC the three independent cities of the island of Rhodes, Lindos, Kamiros and Ialysos, united and founded a new capital city, also named Rhodes. The coins of the new capital depicted on the obverse the island's main deity,...
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...
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...
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)....
