Category Archives: Numismatics

Protected: The Belle on the Bill

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: The Coin in the Fish’s Mouth

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

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One Piece of Silver

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

A Tyrian shekel from the James H. Rives Collection of Coins in the Archives of the University of the South.  Silver coins of this type, minted between 125 and 18 BC, were used to pay the Temple tax in Jerusalem … Continue reading →

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Protected: Penny with Counterstamp

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Considering Caesar

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Uncomely and Broken

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Behind the Times in Sewanee

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Uncomely and Broken

This past Sunday morning, I went up into Breslin Tower here in Sewanee to watch the clock being re-set for Daylight Savings Time. Keith Henley, who has been overseeing the clock for the past two years and seems to know … Continue reading →

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Currency & Current Events

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Uncomely and Broken

“If Greece leaves the euro, the most likely interim currency is the existing euro overprinted with a Greek delta symbol (for ‘drachma’), or possibly with a corner clipped.”  So speculated yesterday’s Independent.  The intentional defacing, or rather “re-facing,” of currency … Continue reading →

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Protected: Strip-Searches, Ancient and Modern

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: The Ides of March Coin

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Uncomely and Broken

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