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"Only those nations ruled by kings or dictators display the image of their sitting ruler on the coins of the realm."
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"Only those nations ruled by kings or dictators display the image of their sitting ruler on the coins of the realm."
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
Mace is capitalized because it is a trademark, shortened from Chemical Mace, for a brand of tear gas that is packaged in an aerosol canister and temporarily stuns its victims.
The generic term tear gas is two words and lowercase.
Ooo that's the real shit there!
Muppets Take Deadwood
The famous "Am I Not A Woman & A Sister?" token was likely struck in my hometown of Belleville, New Jersey. The mint there is my other area of interest :-)
Abstract of article: 'This article is a close examination of nine Jacobite tokens made from halfpennny coins. All of them are engraved with the words "Down with the Rump" and some with the additional cry "God Bless Prince Charles'. Dating to around and after 1748 ...'
Illustration of one of the tokens. Obv.: 'Down with the Rump' with a border of leaves engraved on the smoothed surface. Rev. several punches with the initials TV
Nice article by Georgia Vullinghs in the latest Proccedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland on #Jacobite tokens #c18th #c18 #18thc @socantscot.bsky.social @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social
Just updated, looks like he squeaked by.
Really wish LNP showed the percentage reporting on their home page right now.
Oh, I saw this! How is the volume in hand? I'm not sure if I'm quite enough of a Lovecraft fanatic to want it.
Neat! I was not aware that he appeared on a note.
A wonderful note from only a mile down river from me!
Fascinating composition! I would never have expected these to end up in the same hoard.
This is the coolest one I've seen in a while!
Literally just had the realization that the entire program was an IEP for my untreated ADHD.
Rude. Right about Islam tho
I saw this and immediately wondered what your thoughts were on it! I have never seen an original in person, and never seen one this nice period.
Congratulations!
You really need to do another conference where it's just "WTF is this scene?!" for three days.
Lararium?
This with a phallus is what I see too
Wonderful news!!! I have been looking forward to this!
Last night, I was watching episode 2.12 of The Twilight Zone. The father of a condemned man buys a bag of fake magic dust for 100 Pesos in gold. When they jingle the coins the sound is very clear that they are holding five 20 Peso gold coins, or at least double eagles!
www.imdb.com/title/tt0734...
“Nothing in the middle of the road but yellow lines and dead armadillos” is a genius turn of phrase.
"Keep it out of direct sunlight, if you want to put it away, roll or pad the folds and box it but keep it in a climate controlled area- no attic or basement, if you want to display- that’s a whole other discussion
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I asked a friend who does fabric conservation:
"Well, honestly it looks great, without images of the mildew it’s hard for me to say much- the red is tricky, washing (if it hasn’t been done) is not smart- dye bleed."
Obverse is definitely Victory flying right, holding wreath and palm frond.
It is admittedly a stretch! Maybe a baton in a race??
