St Andrew is depicted crucified on a saltire on this gold coin of King James II of Scotland that was minted sometime between 1451 & 1460. This coin was found in Glasgow Cathedral and donated to the Hunterian in 1816.
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"We had just come home from my parents house for Xmas dinner. I flipped on the lights in our bedroom and heard a pop and saw a flash of light behind my dresser and all the lights went out in the house.
My wife and I pulled the dresser out from against the wall to see what happened. I had a plug in adapter that sits flush against the wall plugged into the outlet. There were scorch marks about 8 inches up the wall. I pulled the adapter out and sitting on the two prongs for the plug was that dime. This all happened within a fraction of a second.
My cat would play hockey with coins that I would put on top and she made one hell of a lucky shot behind the dresser. Thank god we had a whole house breaker that cut the power to the house when this happened.
I decided to keep the coin. Someday when I die and my daughter is trying to sell my collection to a dealer, I hope they get a chuckle out of it"
"We had just come home from my parents house for Xmas dinner. I flipped on the lights in our bedroom and heard a pop and saw a flash of light behind my dresser and all the lights went out in the house.
My wife and I pulled the dresser out from against the wall to see what happened. I had a plug in adapter that sits flush against the wall plugged into the outlet. There were scorch marks about 8 inches up the wall. I pulled the adapter out and sitting on the two prongs for the plug was that dime. This all happened within a fraction of a second.
My cat would play hockey with coins that I would put on top and she made one hell of a lucky shot behind the dresser. Thank god we had a whole house breaker that cut the power to the house when this happened.
I decided to keep the coin. Someday when I die and my daughter is trying to sell my collection to a dealer, I hope they get a chuckle out of it"
Hi #Fediverse! The instance I'm on is closing down (see the historians.social announcement here: https://www.cliodigital.media/updates/update-on-historianssocial ). So, I'm looking for a new instance. Where would you recommend?
(I post coins, numismatic news, history and information related to the coins I post etc).
(For those not familiar, as & when I find a new home, you won't need to do anything, everyone who follows me will still follow me when I move).
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