The coin thread--post pictures of your traditional knives with a coin

[Spock91]

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[Rose and Thistle Custom]

 

[Will Power]

cool coin, saw it in another photo too...the knife is cool too.

Thanks! The Half Sovereign (half a Pound sterling or 10 shillings as it was) and Sovereign mostly carried this design of St.George & The Dragon- still does on the coins struck by The Royal Mint in 2020. Sovereign coin weighs around quarter ounce c 7.5g and was supposed to match the value of 1 GBP of gold. In August 1914 most of the combatant countries- Britain, France, Austria-Hungary, Germany, Russia all used gold coins in circulation but this very soon stopped within days as gold prices soared and paper replaced the coins in circulation. But many citizens wisely hoarded their gold coins I believe gold ownership was outlawed in the USA for a while by FDR in the early 30s. It's cool stuff alright, but just imagine PAYING for goods in a shop with gold, and these coins were over 18ct in purity.

 

[JSutter]

GEC and Case with my 150th year lodge coin from a few years ago:

 

[Jon0385]

 

[sf fanatic]

New knife, old coin. $5 in 1836=$143 today
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[Pt-Luso]

 

[Jolipapa]

 

[Will Power]

Jolipapa Astounding! Is it Greek?? But then that lettering doesn't look like it...

 

[Jolipapa]

Jolipapa Astounding! Is it Greek?? But then that lettering doesn't look like it...

Not far! This is an Italian coin.

 

[awjones]

 

[Rhinofly]

For me, the hardest part of coming up with a picture for the "knives and blank" threads is trying to find a pairing that is not just random. I think this one works. GEC 74 Mustang with a 1912 Mexico Peso.

edit: In my opinion, this period of Mexican coinage produced some of the most beautiful coins ever made anywhere.

 

[Rhinofly]

Here is an 1849 gold dollar next to a GEC Little Rattler for scale. I cannot imagine how many of these gold dollars were lost - they are so tiny.

 

[Rhinofly]

Here is a sunfish and a sunface. The Rough Rider is 3" long closed.

 

[Rhinofly]

A couple of Chinese junks ... that aren't junk.

 

[JoKr]

 

[Rhinofly]

A 1930's Imperial and an 1830's 50 cent piece - both have, sadly, been aggressively cleaned. It makes me sad when I see an old coin or knife with the history and life scrubbed right out of it.

 

[Will Power]

R Rhinofly Some exquisite items, both numismatic and knives

 

[Will Power]

Eire, Republic of Ireland 3d. (threepence in their pre-decimal currency before 1971) series of coins of Irish wildlife, here the Hibernian Hare with GEC 82 Possum Skinner