Coins Collection (#34)

Women Blacksmiths (woodcut) (b / w photo)
XJF148709 Women Blacksmiths (woodcut) (b/w photo) by German School, (16th century); Private Collection; German, out of copyright

The Gamblers (oil on canvas)
XCF22503 The Gamblers (oil on canvas) by Caravaggio, Michelangelo (1571-1610) (follower of); Private Collection; Italian, out of copyright

Officer of the Mint, illustration from Science and Literature in the Middle Ages
XJF147318 Officer of the Mint, illustration from Science and Literature in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, written and engraved by Paul Lacroix, 1878 (engraving) (b/w photo) by Amman

A trompe l oeil of an open glazed cupboard door, with numerous papers and objects
BAL142778 A trompe l oeil of an open glazed cupboard door, with numerous papers and objects, 1666 (oil on canvas) by Gysbrechts

Portrait of a young man (Vanitas), Monogrammist AC 16e eeuw, 1520 - 1562

Still life with a Bible, 1821 (oil on canvas)
XKH141309 Still life with a Bible, 1821 (oil on canvas) by Bergen, Karl von (1794-1835); 62x48.5 cm; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany; (add.info.: signed Carl von Bergen, Rom 1821; ); Dutch

Mercury, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1688 - 1689

Personified soul speaks against the Flesh, Jan Luyken, Pieter Arentsz (II), 1678 - 1687

Idleness, 1818 (oil on canvas)
XIR220262 Idleness, 1818 (oil on canvas) by Doncre, Dominique (Guillaume Dominique Jacques) (1743-1820); 57x74 cm; Musee des Beaux-Arts, Arras, France; French, out of copyright

Unequal love, Jacob Goltzius (II), Anonymous, 1584 - 1630

Feeling, Pieter Pickaert, 1680 - 1715

Jupiter and Danae, Bernard Picart, Anonymous, 1683 - 1733

Portrait of a Man (oil on panel)
XIR212878 Portrait of a Man (oil on panel) by Holbein the Younger, Hans (1497/8-1543); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Beziers, France; German, out of copyright

The Money Lenders (oil on panel)
XIR211523 The Money Lenders (oil on panel) by Reymerswaele, Marinus van (c.1490-c.1567); Musee du Palais Carnoles, Menton, France; Netherlandish, out of copyright

The Love of Gold, 1844 (oil on canvas)
XIR192874 The Love of Gold, 1844 (oil on canvas) by Couture, Thomas (1815-79); 154x188 cm; Musee des Augustins, Toulouse, France; (add.info.: Faust by Wolfgang van Goethe (1749-1832); ); French

A Magistrate Playing Cards with a Masked Man (w / c on paper)
XIR192858 A Magistrate Playing Cards with a Masked Man (w/c on paper) by Grevenbroeck, Jan van (1731-1807); Museo Correr, Venice

The Moneylender (pen & ink on paper)
XIR189515 The Moneylender (pen & ink on paper) by Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (1591-1666); Louvre, Paris, France; Italian, out of copyright

The Tax Collector, 1543 (oil on canvas)
XAL182069 The Tax Collector, 1543 (oil on canvas) by Vos, Paul (fl.1543); Galleria Sabauda, Turin, Italy; Flemish, out of copyright

Cardinal Ildebrandino Paglieresi at his desk, 1264 (tempera on panel)
XIR182064 Cardinal Ildebrandino Paglieresi at his desk, 1264 (tempera on panel) by Diotisalvi or Dietisalvi de Speme, (fl.1259-91); Archivio di Stato, Siena

Allegory of Fortune, c. 1730 (oil on canvas)
XYC174880 Allegory of Fortune, c.1730 (oil on canvas) by Nebot, Balthasar (fl.1730-65); 71.8x89.3 cm; Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, USA; English, out of copyright

The Beggars (oil on panel)
XIR166555 The Beggars (oil on panel) by Bourdon, Sebastien (1616-71); 49x65 cm; Louvre, Paris, France; French, out of copyright

A Woman from Algiers, 1871 (oil on canvas)
XKH147233 A Woman from Algiers, 1871 (oil on canvas) by Hodgson, John Evan (1831-95); 44.3x38.7 cm; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany; English, out of copyright

Nissaka, Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist, 1804. 1 print : woodcut, color; 11.2 x 16.6 cm. Print shows a man standing on a large square of cloth spread on the ground

Melanesia, Papua New Guinea. Village of Vanimo. Colorful PNG money, the Kina, five Kina and two Kina bills, one Kina coin (with hole) and change

Figures of managers between euro coins

Business men, managers, figures with euro coins

Smiling woman holding coins, posing in studio, (B&W), close-up, portrait

Coins arranged in dollar sign
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1960s: Coins arranged to form dollar symbol. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Change Purse With Bills And Coins
UNITED STATES - Circa 1950s: Change Purse With Bills And Coins. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Stack on chocolate coins
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1970s: Stack of chocolate coins in gold foil wrappers. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

China - Chinese Beggar with severe elephantiasis of the foot. Date: circa 1920s

Turkish Coin Card, illustrating various small denominations of coin with their foreign exchange rates. Date: 1910

Barman has a stern word with a disreputable customer who has been stealing pewter beer tankards, which he has been turning into coinage to bring back to spend at the same establishment

Diving boys at Nassau, Bahamas. Diners taking luncheon of the terrace at the Prince George Hotel are treated to the aquatic antics of the islands diving boys who retrieve coins tossed into

Portuguese coins - early 20th century, charting the change from the reign of Carlos I, up to his assassination in 1908, the brief reign of his son Manuel II

Purse full of money on a cutout Christmas card
Purse full of money (notes and coins) on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Maundy Money Mrs E A Richards, aged 89, of Westminster, is seen showing the Maundy money wh received at Westminster Abbey today Maundy Thursday to another lucky recipient

Mrs C. Arthur Pearson collecting 100 miles of pennies for the Queens work fro women fund. 1914 - 1918

Preparation of copper and silver to be alloyed for production of coins. Copper melted (1) while apprentice (9) soaks birch twigs in water. When copper poured on twigs it forms grains

Coiners at work: Interior of a mint showing coins being stamped out and weighed to see they contain correct amount of metal. From Ralph Holinshead Chronicles of England, Scotlande and Irelande 1577

Gold: Minting gold coins in a stamping press at the Paris Mint. On the right, coins are being weighed to ascertain quality. Liebig Trade Card c1910

Royal Mint, London. Milling edges of coins. A milled edge meant that metal could not be stolen from edges of gold and silver coins by clipping, so reducing their intrinsic value. Wood engraving, 1891

Minting coins: 6, 6 at bottom right are dies that would be put in press, 1, in which coins stamped out. From The Universal Magazine (London 1750). Copperplate engraving

Gold coins showing heads of Roman emperors Constantine the Great (c274-337) and Diocletian (245-313)

Hoard of Roman gold coins found in England

AMERICAN COINS AND PAPER MONEY: 1. American 20 Dollar Bill (1775); 2. Maryland Shilling, 1788 (from the British Museum); 3. George the Third American Half-penny (from the British Museum); 4

World War I 1914-1918: German 7th War Loan poster, 1917. Putti pours gold coins out of a cornucopia, in background results of previous loans. Text says subscribe at your local bank

A very bountiful harvest of incredibly robust grapes
United States: c. 1900. A very bountiful harvest of incredibly robust grapes. For size comparison, the white spot at center right is a U.S. Barber Half Dollar with a diameter of 1.2 inches

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