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V25 2022 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: APRIL 24, 2022Here's a selection of interesting or unusual items I came across in the marketplace this week. Tell us what you think of some of these. -Editor 
This is one of a handful of very interesting commemorative issues struck by Constantine the Great. The type offered here is the other of the more affordable types and was made to reaffirm Rome as the centre of the empire in A.D. 330. They are made from bronze and show the Goddess of the city, ‘Roma', in a helmet and war gear on the obverse. The reverse shows the She-Wolf suckling the babies Romulus and Remus. This is to symbolise the origin story of the founding of Rome. But what makes these coins so interesting is how well they have survived! At this time bronze coins would circulate so heavily that it is very hard to find them in a good grade. We have a small collection of this commemorative from 1400 years ago in this exceptional About Extremely Fine grade. From the website of Coincraft in London. Nice coin. -Editor
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USA, nickel alloy pattern $5, 1851, San Francisco Standard Mint, plain edge, very rare, NGC XF 40. Kagin-1. Obverse: coronet Liberty head facing left, WJT on truncation, thirteen stars encircling, date 1851 below; Reverse: olive wreath around, 5 / DOLLARS / SAN FRANCISCO / STANDARD MINT / 22 CARRAT / FINE inside; medal alignment. Very rare California pattern piece noted by Kagin as Rarity 7 with around six or so examples known. Minor wear noted on the high points and a bit crudely struck using rusted dies (as are most examples) as seen on Liberty's neck and the field around the bust, some definition retained in the locks of hair plus a full LIBERTY visible, pale golden toning with some grayish hues in the fields. NGC #6287944-001. An interesting minting history item from the May 4-6 Sedwick Auction 31. -Editor
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CHINA. Mint Trial Bronze Medal, 1922. PCGS Genuine--Graffiti, AU Details. Diameter: 39 mm. Struck by the Waterbury Farrel Foundry & Mach. Co. U.S.A with machinery intended for use at the Shanghai Mint. Another interesting minting history item I'd never seen before. From the Stack's Bowers May 2022 Hong Kong Auction. -Editor
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CHINA. Taiwan. Guishan Mint Medal, Year 65 (1976). PCGS MS-67. I didn't plan it this way, but we're developing a theme this week. This minting-related piece is a medal picturing coins. This piece is also in the Stack's Bowers May 2022 Hong Kong Auction. -Editor
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COIN, TUNISIA, MUHAMMAD AL-HADI BEY
Found on the NumisCorner site. Bice gold piece from the Paris Mint. -Editor
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