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The world's largest gold coin: The one-ton „Gold Kangaroo“ worth 59 million euros

Out of all the coins in the world, one stands out in particular due to its massiveness and value: it is the one-ton gold coin from the „Australian Kangaroo“ series. This massive gold coin is also the most valuable gold coin in the world due to the amount of gold it contains, and it was produced by the Australian mint

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With Nikola Vudrag on the art of creating new Croatian coins and the beauty of medal making

Nikola Vudrag is one of the most prominent Croatian sculptors and medallists of the younger generation. He is a highly talented and globally recognized artist who has dedicated a part of his work and skill to what is most important to us numismatists—coins and medals. In medallic art as

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Coin display: Yugoslavia, silver coin set, Sarajevo Olympic Games, 1984.

U današnjem videu predstavljamo komplet prigodnih srebrnjaka SFR Jugoslavije izdanih povodom održavanja 14. olimpijskih igara u Sarajevu, 1984. Radi se o kompletu koji sadrži 15 različitih srebrnjaka nominalnih vrijednosti od 100, 250 i 500 dinara. Od svake nominale izrađeno je po pet različitih primjeraka u

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The largest US banknote of all time – the 100,000 dollar bill from 1934.

The 1934 US 100,000 dollar bill represents one of the most intriguing specimens in American numismatics. This rare banknote is a monetary monument and a reflection of a time when great economic uncertainty prevailed in the US, and it also represents the banknote with the highest nominal value ever issued in

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Book Promotion: Memento moneta: Historical tales and mishaps told through money by author Ivor Altaras Pende

On December 8, 2023, the promotion of the book „Memento moneta: Historical Adventures and Misadventures Told Through Money“ by author Ivor Altaras Penda was held at the premises of Libertas University in Zagreb. This is a very interesting book in which various numismatic topics are addressed through stories, combining numismatics with other

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The female alchemist from Samobor on a commemorative 2-euro coin

The Samobor alchemist, the Medvedgrad Black Queen, Šenoa's Snake Queen, or simply, factually, the Queen of Croatia-Hungary, Bohemia, and Germany and Empress Barbara of Celje (1381–1451) is a unique figure of (also) the Croatian ruling elite. Barbara of Celje, a woman of exceptional beauty, was the daughter of Count and Croatian Ban Herman II of Celje and Countess

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Exhibition of 18th and 19th-century Austrian and Hungarian silver krajcar coins

U ovom videu prikazujemo jednu malu selekciju srebrnih krajcara (kreuzer, kreutzer, krajczar). Ove kovanice iz 18. i 19. stoljeća su jedni od najpopularnijih srebrnjaka među numizmatičarima i kolekcionarima na našem području. Karakterizira ih specifični, vrlo lijepi dizajn; prikaz različitih vladara; dugi period izdavanja i različiti

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