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The Numismatic Association of Victoria, founded in 1946, is a coin club based in Melbourne. We hold monthly meetings & issue the Victorian Numismatic Journal.

Melbourne, Victoria
Joined May 2015
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The highest numerical value banknote ever issued was the one hundred million billion pengő note. It was worth about $0.20.
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NUMISMA's next meeting 'Sasanian Silver Coinage and Crises in Roman Imperial Leadership in the Third Century' featuring Dr. Peter Edwell (MQ) takes place next Monday April 26 from 6.30-7.30 AEST. Zoom link via [email protected]. All welcome! @peteredwell
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Coin-related art. I've recently bought a poster print of the famous Vilhelm Hammershøi painting "Møntsamleren" (The coin collector). Slightly more affordable than the actual painting, which is worth millions and I believe is in the National Art Museum in Oslo, Norway.
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If a Russian wanted to grow a beard during the reign of Peter the Great, they had to pay a tax, then carry a token stating “the beard is a superfluous burden” on the side.
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NUMISMA's @Moneymedalsnet training session is today, Nov. 9 from 6-7pm Sydney DST. Are you a student, researcher, volunteer or museum professional working with numismatic material? Join us! Email [email protected] to receive Zoom link.
This title will be released on October 31, 2020 Pre-Order Now at £26.40* RRP: £30.00 You Save: £3.60 Imperial Legitimation: The iconography of the Golden Age Myth on Roman Imperial coinage of the Third Century AD Get this book at amzn.to/2TwcGAY price correct at posting
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Today's the day! NUMISMA takes place this afternoon from 6-7pm (DST). Join us to discuss 'coins in context'- as means, messages and monuments- with Prof. Fleur Kemmers #numismatics #romanhistory
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Interested to see what the Mint has been up to over the past year? Check out the Mint's 2019-20 Annual Report below bit.ly/ARp1920
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#OTD in 1893, New Zealand became the first nation to grant women the vote. New Zealand’s leader of women’s suffrage, Kate Sheppard, appears on this bank note.
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An arcade with over 2 million books!? 😍 These are photographs of the incredible Cole's Book Arcade, which opened in 1883 in what we now know as the Bourke Street Mall. 📷 Explore images of the arcade in the Library's catalogue: handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/…
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Shooting a 1965 training film about Australia's new decimal currency - with some giant coins as props! NAA: A1200, L52609
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Did you know that our collection includes a set of forger's moulds? The clay moulds were used to counterfeit imperial coins in late antiquity, and were owned by the numismatist Marcel Jungfleisch before their acquisition in 2009. Learn more at numismatics.org.au/pdfjourna…
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Watch the full journey taken by the @BritishRedCross commemorative coin in our factory - from striking to digital colour printing! >> ow.ly/HxVF50ANc1g
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One of the most celebrated of Royal Mint engravers is William Wyon. His design of Una and the lion for the five-pound piece of 1839 is exceptional and represents a desire to elevate #numismatic #art and, more generally, to encourage artistic awareness on the part of the public.
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Just in: a #gold #aureus struck to celebrate the succession of #Claudius. This image of the praetorian camp and legend IMPER RECEP (the emperor received) are a nod to the source of Claudius' power. RIC I Claudius 25.
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Last year, we were challenged to nominate four #coins that best represent the history of the #Ancient #Mediterranean. A big task! We couldn't go past the harbour at #Ostia struck by #Nero, which captures the defining features of #Roman coinage. What would you choose? RIC Nero 181
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NEW Discussion Group Calling numismatists and the numismatically inclined! NUMISMA meets via Zoom every second Monday. Our first meeting is June 15, from 5-6pm (Sydney time). Please contact me ([email protected]) to receive the link. All welcome!
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I missed #SaturdayNightCoinShow this week, I'm a volunteer firefighter & was deployed on strike team helping with the fires in East Gippsland on the Victoria / NSW border (Australia). So, for #MedalMonday, here's a piece commemorating the 1984 centenary of the NSW fire brigades
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A list of #Irish men, women and children transported to #Australia in the 19th C for counterfeiting #coins or #banknotes, attempting to spend them, or even being in possession of them. Harsh sentencing back then. oldcurrencyexchange.com/2020…
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Before the exhibition 'The Invention of Melbourne: A Baroque Archbishop and a Gothic Architect' closes in March, discover the #books on display with Shane Carmody in this free talk! eventbrite.com.au/e/browsing…
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