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.
ALT A blue banknote with Hungarian writing and a picture of the parliament building in Budapest.
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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 charlotte.mann@students.mq.edu.au. 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.
ALT a coin with a picture of a bearded man on it
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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 charlotte.mann@students.mq.edu.au to receive Zoom link.
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This title will be released on October 31, 2020
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Imperial Legitimation: The iconography of the Golden Age Myth on Roman Imperial coinage of the Third Century AD
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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
The NAV held its latest meeting on Friday over Zoom. Topics covered included a rare Gold Noble from the Fishpool Hoard found in East Gippsland, the West Gate Bridge and everything in between. A full report is available on the NAV website.tinyurl.com/y4sw64cz #numismatics
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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.
ALT Blue bank note with a portrait of a woman from the 1800s and native flowers.
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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…
The NAV continues to meet (on-line), despite Stage 4 restrictions in Melbourne. Details of our August Meeting are up on our website, which included this piece exhibiting totally inappropriate behavior! tinyurl.com/yyyluogj
ALT Silver medallion to commemorate Grand National Demonstration held in Sydney featuring image of handshake in centre. This is encircled by the words, ‘To commemorate the grand national demonstration, Nov. 10, 1879’ and with the word ‘United’ immediately above the hands.
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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
Issue #3 of the Victorian Numismatic Newsletter is now available from our website tinyurl.com/y6o6jndl
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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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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
