COFFEE TAVERN TOKENS FANCY A CUPPA?
It is difficult to imagine that any coin collector is not interested in history. A young newcomer working backwards and acquiring coins of the British monarchs is bound to ask such questions as ‘Why can’t I find a coin with Edward VIII’s name on it?’ (Try googling ‘Mrs. Simpson’ and ignore all references to Marge, and you can, if you collect the coins of certain British colonies in Africa) or ‘What did George III do?’ (Is losing most of North America a good starting point?). The novice will immediately be lead down all sorts of historical byways. I defy any collector who identifies a portrait on the obverse of a Roman coin not to want to know more about the Emperor in whose name it was minted.
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