{"id":2362,"date":"2020-09-15T18:59:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T00:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/?page_id=2362"},"modified":"2020-11-05T21:58:49","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T03:58:49","slug":"coin-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/coin-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Coin Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"modal-ready\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2362\" class=\"elementor elementor-2362\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-474ecda elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"474ecda\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea19710\" data-id=\"ea19710\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec8853a elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"ec8853a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<script>\n    jQuery(document).ready(function() {\n\n  var jobCount = jQuery('.time_line-item').length;\n  \n  \n \n  \n  jQuery(\"#search-text\").bind(\"change keyup\", function () {\n     \/\/jQuery(this).addClass('hidden');\n  \n    var searchTerm = jQuery(\"#search-text\").val();\n    var listItem = jQuery('.time_line-items_wrap').children('div');\n  \n    \n    var searchSplit = searchTerm.replace(\/ \/g, \"'):containsi('\")\n    \n      \/\/extends :contains to be case insensitive\n  jQuery.extend(jQuery.expr[':'], {\n  'containsi': function(elem, i, match, array)\n  {\n    return (elem.textContent || elem.innerText || '').toLowerCase()\n    .indexOf((match[3] || \"\").toLowerCase()) >= 0;\n  }\n});\n    \n    \n    jQuery(\".time_line-item\").not(\":containsi('\" + searchSplit + \"')\").each(function(e)   {\n      jQuery(this).addClass('hiding out').removeClass('in');\n      setTimeout(function() {\n          jQuery('.out').addClass('hidden');\n        }, 300);\n    });\n    \n    jQuery(\".time_line-items_wrap .time_line-item:containsi('\" + searchSplit + \"')\").each(function(e) {\n      jQuery(this).removeClass('hidden out').addClass('in');\n      setTimeout(function() {\n          jQuery('.in').removeClass('hiding');\n        }, 1);\n    });\n    \n  \n    var jobCount = jQuery('#list .in').length;\n\n    \/\/shows empty state text when no jobs found\n    if(jobCount == '0') {\n      jQuery('.time_line-items_wrap').addClass('empty');\n    }\n    else {\n      jQuery('.time_line-items_wrap').removeClass('empty');\n    }\n  \n    \n  });\n  jQuery( \".dropdown-trigger\" ).click(function() {\n      jQuery( \".dropdown\" ).toggleClass('hidden');\n  });\n  jQuery( \".dropdown a\" ).click(function() {\n      jQuery('.dropdown').toggleClass('hidden');\n      var country = jQuery(this).text();\n     jQuery('.search-box').val(country).trigger(\"change\");;\n  });\n  \n  \n  \n  \n});\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/script>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9e46e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"b9e46e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"spacer-bottom-5\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-transform: uppercase;\">Coins of the Month<\/h2>\n<p>Scroll down to view and learn more about our current and past coins of the month. Search by country of origin below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71b857e elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"71b857e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"input-contain\">\n    <i class=\"fa fa-search\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n    <input type=\"text\" id=\"search-text\" placeholder=\"Search & Filter by country\" class=\"search-box\">\n    <span class=\"dropdown-trigger\"><i class=\"fa fa-caret-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n<\/span>\n    <div class=\"dropdown hidden\">\n        <a href=\"#\">Republic of Chad<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Greece<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Korea<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Isle of Man<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Bhutan<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Hungary<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Italy<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Austria<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Sassanian<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Roman<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Tombstone<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">England<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">China<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Liberia<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Syria<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Phoenicia<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Palau<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Sweden<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Chile<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Sierra Leone<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">China<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Korea<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Naples<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">British India<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Iran<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">French Revolution<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">New Zealand<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Ryukyu<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Mexican 8 Reales<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Great Britain<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Ancient China<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">East India Company<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">France Under Napoleon<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Shekel of Tyre<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Republic of Peru<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Republic of Guinea<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Zanzibar<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Greece<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Roman Empire<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">South African Republic<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">China<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Rhodos Didrachm<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Great Britain<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Yemen<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\">Mexico<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0048c95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wgl-time-line-vertical\" data-id=\"0048c95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wgl-time-line-vertical.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t        <div class=\"wgl-timeline-vertical start-custom appear_anim\">\n\n        <div class=\"time_line-start_image\">\n            <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>                <img class=\"start_image\" src=\"http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/calendar-icon.png\" alt=\"calendar-icon\" \/>        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"time_line-items_wrap\">            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">08\/20<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Chad_MLKing.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"republic-of-chad\"><\/a>\nRepublic of Chad\n<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - 200 Francs 1970<\/span>\n\nThe Republic of Chad, a landlocked country in North Africa straddling the Sahara desert and more vegetated areas to the south, is historically linked to various other political and monetary unions.\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/august-2020-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">07\/20<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Apollonia_Pontika_Gorgon-1.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"greece\"><\/a>\nGreece\n<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">100 Drachma 1959<\/span>\n\n<p>It's hard to find a more gruesome Gorgon than this example from Thrace on the Black Sea.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/july-2020-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">06\/20<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/KOR_2Chon_blue.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=korea\"><\/a>Korea<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">Tae Dong Two Chon Silver with Blue Enamel - 1882<\/span>\n\n<p>With the opening of the \"Hermit Kingdom\" to Western traders and religious evangelists, Korean officials attempted to modernize the traditional cash coinage in use for almost a thousand years.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/june-2020-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">05\/20<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IOM_HalfPenny_1786.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"isle-of-man\"><\/a>Isle of Man<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">Half Penny - 1786<\/span>\n\n<p>George III issue for the Isle of Man at a time when the British Mint produced few issues of copper coinage.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/may-2020-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">04\/20<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bhutan_DebRupee_Ball.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"bhutan\"><\/a>Bhutan<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">1\/2 Rupee (DEB) - Silver 1st Period Type - 1790 to 1840<\/span>\n<p>The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has been called the \u201cDragon Kingdom\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/april-2020-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">03\/20<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/HUN_1Kbx_Millennium.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"hungary\"><\/a>Hungary<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">Millennium Commemorative 1 Korona - 1896<\/span>\n\n<p>One Thousand Years of Hungary commemorative 1 Korona depicting Arpad on horseback leading his people into a new homeland, probably accompanied by his queen and son (s).<\/p>\n\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/march-2020-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">02\/20<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IT_10c_1911.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"italy\"><\/a>Italy<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">50th Anniversary of Unification - 10 Centesimi, 1911<\/span>\n\nThe 50th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy (\"Cinquantenario\" 1861 - 1911) fell during the reign of King Vittorio Emanuelle III.\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/february-2020-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">01\/20<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Aust1486RS_1953.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"austria\"><\/a>Austria<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">Tyrol 1486 Taler Restrike of 1953<\/span>\n\n<p>The Princely County of Tyrol, a state in Austria and previously incorporated into the Habsburg and Austro-Hungarian Empires, was famous for its abundance of silver in Medieval times.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/january-2020-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">12\/19<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Sass_Ardeshir-I_drachm.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"sassanian\"><\/a>Sassanian Empire<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">Ardashir I, A.D. 223-240 A.D., Drachm<\/span>\n\nArdashir I, the founder of the Sasanid Empire, did so by extinguishing the Parthian Empire (247 BC \u2013 224 AD) which figured so prominently in Roman history. \n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/december-2019-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">11\/19<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Rom_Rep_MarcAntony2_LEG_X.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"roman\"><\/a>Roman<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">Mark Antony Legion X Fretensis  - Denari (32 - 31 B.C.)<\/span>\n\n<p>If you are a collector of Roman era coins then you will recognize this denarius as one struck by Marcus Antonius, known as a \"Legionary denarii.\"<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/november-2019-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">10\/19<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/TOM_105_oneSide.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"tombstone\"><\/a>Tombstone<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">Campbell &amp; Hatch Saloon (-1881 - 1883-)<\/span>\n\n<p>Peter Spooner, the author of \"Arizona Trade Tokens - 2010\" graciously allowed me to visit him in his Tucson shop in order to photograph a portion of his extensive collection of Arizona tokens.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/october-2019-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">09\/19<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Eng_WilliamI.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"england\"><\/a>England<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">William I (The Conqueror) 1066 - 1087 A.D.<\/span>\n\n<p>On the death of Edward the Confessor, the King of England in 1066, a council of senior nobles proclaimed Harold II as the next King.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/august-2019-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">08\/19<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CH_Yuan_10Cash.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"china\"><\/a>China<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">Yuan Dynasty (Mongol); Emperor Wu Zong - 1310 A.D.<\/span>\n\n<p>After nearly forty years of fighting a branch of the Mongol Empire, known as the Yuan, established themselves as rulers of all of China.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/august-2019-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">07\/19<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/LiberiaCH7b.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"liberia\"><\/a>Liberia<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">American Colonization Society Cent - 1833<\/span>\n\n<p>Following the robust abolition movement in Great Britain this social justice movement quickly progressed in the United States.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/july-2019-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">06\/19<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/SyriaPound50.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"syria\"><\/a>Syria<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">1 Pound - 1950<\/span>\n\n<p>Following independence from the French and British mandate system at the close of World War II, politics in Syria became particularly chaotic.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/june-2019-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">05\/19<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Phoenicia_TyreOwl.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"phoenicia\"><\/a>Phoenicia<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">Tyre Shekel - 400 to 332 B.C.E.<\/span>\n\n<p>Phoenicia, Tyre AR Stater (Shekel). Circa 400-332 BC.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/may-2019-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">04\/19<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Palau1stColor.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"palau\"><\/a>Palau<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">First Colorized NCLT Coin - 1992<\/span>\n\n<p>This \"first of\" coin is a non-circulating commemorative for the YEAR OF MARINE-LIFE PROTECTION issued by the Republic of Palau in 1992.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/april-2019-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">03\/19<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/SWE_1D_Saturn.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"sweden\"><\/a>Sweden<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">Charles XII - Emergency Daler<\/span>\n\n<p>Karl XII (1682 - 1718), as he was known by the Swedes, is recognized as one of the potential conquerors of Russia, along with Napoleon and Hitler, that all came to grief in the attempt.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/march-2019-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">02\/19<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Chile_1P_1895.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"chile\"><\/a>Chile<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">1 Peso, 1895 - Hammer &amp; Sickle<\/span>\n\n<p> In remembrance of the 100th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution of October 1917, that occurs this month, I would like to examine the development of a powerful symbol.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/february-2019-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">01\/19<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/SierrLeo1P.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"sierra-leone\"><\/a>Sierra Leone<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">One Penny - 1791<\/span>\n\n<p>In 1787 the British established the \"Province of Freedom\" in an area of the west coast of Africa that the Portuguese and Spanish had named Sierra Leone (Lioness Mountains).<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/january-2019-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">12\/18<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CH_O-Yu-Wan_1D.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"china-2\"><\/a>China<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">Hupeh-Honan-Anwhei Soviet Red Army Base $ - 1932<\/span>\n\n<p>Normally seen as Hupeh-Honan-Anhwei Soviet, here is a bit of history about this important Communist Guerilla Base: O, or (Ngo) Yu &amp; Wan are the respective literary names of Hupeh, Honan, Anhwei.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/december-2018-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">11\/18<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kor100Mun_color.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"korea-2\"><\/a>Korea<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">\"Charmed\" 100 Mun ~ 1866<\/span>\n\n<p>This is a One Hundred Mun (\"Value Hundred\" tangbaekchon or dangbaekjun [sang pyong tong bo] coin issued by the Kingdom of Korea and the Treasury Department (Ho Jo).<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/november-2018-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">10\/18<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Italy_Ferd_Naples.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"naples\"><\/a>Naples<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">Ferdinand II of Aragon - Coronato<\/span>\n\n<p>Ferdinand is today best known for his role in inaugurating the discovery of the New World, since he and Isabella sponsored the first voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/october-2018-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">09\/18<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Madras-1794.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"british-india\"><\/a>British India<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">Madras Presidency 1\/48th Rupee - 1794<\/span>\n\n<p>Matthew Boulton was contracted to strike these for the East India Company in July of 1794 at his fully steam driven mint in Soho.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/september-2018-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">08\/18<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iran_Khomeini.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"iran\"><\/a>Iran<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">Ayatollah Khomeini - Azadi of 1995<\/span>\n\n<p>Islamic Republic bullion coinage issued by the National Bank of Iran. Obverse features a mosque with the legends \"The Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran\" and (perhaps) \"Spring of Freedom\".<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/august-2018-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">07\/18<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/FR_5SolGilt_1792.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"french-revolution\"><\/a>French Revolution<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">Monneron Brothers 5 Sols - 1792<\/span>\n\n<p>This gilded bronze Monneron token 5 Sols was minted in Birmingham England.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/july-2018-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">06\/18<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/NZtoken.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"new-zealand\"><\/a>New Zealand<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">No Date (before 1882)<\/span>\n\n<p>During the period of 1852 - 1856 New Zealand, a colony of Great Britain, was granted self-governance under a ministerial form of government.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/june-2018-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">05\/18<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oki100Mon.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"ryukyu\"><\/a>Ryukyu Islands<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">100 Mon, No Date (1862)<\/span>\n\n<p>These coins were minted in Bunkyu 2-3 (1862-63)  by the Shimazu clan at Isonohama, near Kashogima, the political center for Satsuma and also for the Ryukyu.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/may-2018-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">04\/18<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/SpanishCM_Rothsay.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"mexican\"><\/a>Mexican 8 Reales<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">Countermarked at Rothsay Cotton Works - 1820<\/span>\n\n<p>This coin is a cast 8 reales, dated 1812, from the Chihuahua mint in Mexico.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/april-2018-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">03\/18<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Ger_POW_Sagan10.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"german\"><\/a>German P.O.W. Camp Token<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">Sagan<\/span>\n\n<p>This unassuming uniface WWI P.O.W. camp token was an acquisition with two other Notgeld coins of Germany, only one of which I was interested in.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/march-2018-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">02\/18<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/UK_USA_Paine.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"great-britain-2\"><\/a>Great Britain<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">Political\/Satirical Token \"The End Of Pain\"<\/span>\n\n<p>This interesting Half-Penney Token is part of a sub-set of 18th Century tokens issued in Great Britain by private manufacturers.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/february-2018-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">01\/18<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CH_goldCowry2_2.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"ancient-china\"><\/a>Ancient China<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">Gold Covered Bronze Imitation Cowry Shell<\/span>\n\n<p>Not much numismatic information is available on Ancient Chinese coins, especially those made previous to about 700 B.C.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/january-2018-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">12\/17<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Sum1K1786.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"east-india\"><\/a>East India Company<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">Sumatra, 1 Keping, 1786<\/span>\n\n<p>The famous Industrial Revolution coiner, Matthew Boulton, began his historic career as coiner with a contract with the British East India Company in 1786.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/december-2017-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">11\/17<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/FR_Nap_40F_XI.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"france-under\"><\/a>France under Napoleon Bonaparte<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">40 Francs, 1st Year:<\/span>\n\n<p>The era of Napoleon I, following the French Revolution, used three date formats.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/november-2017-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">10\/17<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Phoe_Tyre_Shek.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"shekel-of-tyre\"><\/a>Shekel of Tyre<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">\"30 Pieces of Silver\"<\/span>\n\n<p>Any short collection of Biblical coins has to include a Shekel of Tyre, which is generally accepted as the money received by Judas Iscariot for the betrayal of Jesus' whereabouts in the Garden of Gethsemane.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/october-2017-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">09\/17<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PeruTAmaru.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"republic-of-peru\"><\/a>Republic of Peru<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">150th Anniversary of the Independence of Peru - Tupac Amaru II<\/span>\n\n<p>This month's coin celebrates Peru, the important history of T\u00fapac Amaru II, and an award winning article by Alan Luedeking found in a previous issue of NI's \"Bulletin.\"<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/september-2017-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">08\/17<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Guinea_XIII.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"republic-of-guinea\"><\/a>Republic of Guinea<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">10th Anniversary of Independence &amp; Apollo XIII<\/span>\n\n<p>One of the first countries to commemorate America's 1969 Moon Landing (Apollo XI) Guinea repeated the honor a year later for Apollo XIII's near fatal disaster and miraculous recovery.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/august-2017-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">07\/17<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ZanzP.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"zanzibar\"><\/a>Zanzibar<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">Pysa of British East Africa, AH 1299 (1882)<\/span>\n\n<p>Zanzibar was a British Protectorate on islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Tanzania (Tanganyika).<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/july-2017-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">06\/17<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Larissa.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"greece-2\"><\/a>Greece<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">Thessaly, Larissa and her nymph<\/span>\n\n<p>Larissa was the most important town of all the federated towns of the Thessalian plains; they were famous for their cattle and horses.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/june-2017-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">05\/17<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/SeptSev-Brit.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"roman-empire\"><\/a>Roman Empire<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">Emperor Septimius Severus - Victory in Britannia<\/span>\n\n<p>Roman Imperial silver denarius of Emperor Septimius Severus (Lucius Septimius Severus,  ruled 193 - 211 A.D.).<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/may-2017-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">04\/17<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/SAfrica1p.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"south-african-republic\"><\/a>South African Republic<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">One Penny, 1892<\/span>\n\n<p>Dutch, German, and French Huguenots established themselves in southern Africa in the 17th and 18th Centuries and became known as Afrikaaners.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/april-2017-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">03\/17<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Chekiang_machine.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"china-qing\"><\/a>China<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">Qing Dynasty Machine Stuck Cash, 1887 - 1888<\/span>\n\n<p>CHINA, Qing Dynasty - Guang-Xu (Emperor De Zong, reigned 1875-1908) milled brass one cash of Zhejiang (Chekiang) Province.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/march-2017-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">02\/17<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Rhodes.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"rhodos\"><\/a>Rhodos Didrachm<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">250-230 BCE<\/span>\n\n<p>The Island of Rhodes, off the coast of Asia Minor, was a very prosperous port city.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/february-2017-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">01\/17<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/GBR_HalfCro_1887P_rev-150x150-1.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"great-britain-1887\"><\/a>Great Britain<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">1887 Proof Half Crown.<\/span>\n\n<p>First issued in 1549 under King Edward VI, this Victorian issue has the classic Jubilee portrait with crowned head.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/january-2017-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">12\/16<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/TAR_12Cho_1315AH.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"yemen\"><\/a>Yemen Eastern Aden Protectorate<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">Tarim, 12 Chomsih, 1315 AH (1897)<\/span>\n\n<p>This coin is from an oasis town in the Hadhramaut Plateau, and it was minted at the Birmingham mint by the Heaton Family.  It is 17mm in size, weighs 1.55 grams and is 90% silver.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/december-2016-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>            <div class=\"time_line-item\">                    <div class=\"time_line-date\">11\/16<\/div>                <div class=\"time_line-media\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/numis.org\/numis-cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/SPA_8Rea_1770FM.jpg); background-position: center center;\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-content\">                            <h3 class=\"time_line-title\"><a id=\"mexico-8-reales\"><\/a>Mexico<\/h3>                            <div class=\"time_line-text\"><span class=\"sub-title\">8 Reales, 1770<\/span>\n\n<p>This coin from the Mexico City mint was produced during the reign of King Charles III (1759-88).  It is a 39mm coin of 91.70% silver, weighing 27.07 grams.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"..\/coins-of-the-month\/november-2016-spotlight\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"time_line-curve\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 65.8 167.9\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 65.8 167.9;\">\n            <path d=\"M8,167.5c-4.2-13.8-6.5-28.5-6.5-43.7C1.5,73.2,26.6,28.4,65,1.2\"\/>\n        <\/svg><\/div>\n            <\/div>        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coins of the Month Scroll down to view and learn more about our current and past coins of the month. Search by country of origin below. 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