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The 1st Century AD
Experts disagree on exactly when the first coins began to appear on the Indian sub-continent, but silver currency certainly existed by 6th century BC. These coins weren’t always ‘coin-shaped’. The most common shape was rectangular bars of silver, wit
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Last Real Heroes issue
The last issue in CIT’s Real Heroes Series for the Cook Islands features has been released and features an astronaut. Whether you refer to them as astronauts, cosmonauts or taikonauts, a special kind of courage is required to leave the earth’s atmosp
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Gdańsk And Its Coins In The 16th And 17th Centuries
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