Stories Through Coins
@StoriesAndCoins
Every coin has a story. Discover fascinating history, forgotten people, unusual facts, and surprising secrets through coins.
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🪙 Sometimes a minting mistake makes a coin more interesting than a perfect one.
Three 2026 Trump dollars have reportedly been found missing their golden outer layer on one side, exposing the copper beneath.
How many more are out there?
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Imagine holding a piece of history weighing just 0.13 grams!
These tiny gold ducats from Nuremberg date back to 1700. Each weighs less than a grain of rice!
It's fascinating how something so small can carry more than 300 years of history.
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Tiny 1/32nd gold ducats of Nuremberg. The smallest coins I’ve ever seen. They date to 1700 and weigh 0.13 grams each. From the collection of the @hunterian #Numismatics# #History#
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🏀 Lithuania is a country where basketball is practically a national sport. In 2022, it celebrated 100 years of basketball with this €2 coin.
The new NBA season is underway, already with an injury scare for Cooper Flagg. Let's hope injuries stay rare this season!
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A coin Ethiopia refused to give up!
The Austrian Maria Theresa thaler became so trusted in Ethiopia that even attempts to replace it with Italian currency failed.
A European empress on an African coin, still circulating long after her death!
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A Penny Worth a Fortune! 🪙
In 1943, the US switched from copper to steel pennies to save copper for WWII. But a few copper pennies were struck by mistake.
One of these rare coins sold for $1.7 million in 2010!
Sometimes, a minting mistake creates a treasure.
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Imagine carrying a 20 kg coin in your pocket!
In 1644, Sweden minted a copper coin weighing 19.7 kg, worth 10 daler.
Since copper was worth much less than silver, such a large amount of copper was needed to give the coin its value! 🪙
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Why does 1 oz equal 31.1035 grams?
The answer may lie in medieval France, in the trading town of Troyes.
Centuries later, the troy ounce remains the global standard for precious metals, from Silver Eagles to Britannias.
A medieval tradition in your pocket!
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A $20 coin worth $18.9 million!
Minted in 1933, the Double Eagle was never officially released into circulation. Most were melted down, but a few survived.
After decades of mystery and legal battles, one sold for $18.9 million in 2021!
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DID YOU KNOW📍📍📍
The most expensive gold coin ever sold at auction is the 1933 Double Eagle, which fetched $18.9 million in June 2021. This coin's historical significance and rarity due to most of its kind being melted down contribute to its extraordinary value. While there are mentions of other high-value items like the Canadian Mint's $1 million face value coin or the Australian Kangaroo One Tonne Gold Coin, these do not surpass the sale price of the 1933 Double Eagle in terms of auction records for gold coins.
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We spend a lot of time waiting for the right moment.
The right time. The right opportunity. The right mood.
Maybe the right moment is simply the moment we decide to begin.
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We spend so much time trying to be more productive.
But maybe the better question is: are we being productive with things that actually matter?
A busy day and a meaningful day aren't always the same thing.
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