My name is Eel. I use all pronouns and prefer if you mix it up and get fun with them. My main is @anguilliforme, where i mainly reblog stuff & post about my life, feel free to drop by and say hi.
I love talking about my collection and hearing about other peoples collections. I also like chatting about money in general; if you have a question about collecting, security features, or want to hear my opinion on something, you won't be bothering me by sending an ask.
My ask box (with anon) is open!
Blog tags & fun facts about me below this read more
#my coins - coins from my collections
#my banknotes - banknotes from my collection
(all of my coins & banknotes are also tagged with their countries of origin)
#eel coins - join me in my journey to collect every coin with an eel on it
#hyperinflation - i love hyperinflation banknotes, so here's a tag for 'em
#fucked up coins - a tag specifically for errors/waffles
#answered - any asks or submissions from fellow numisheads
#not my coins - i'm lucky enough for people to send me photos of their own collections (or just coins they think are cool)
#memes - numis-related posts that made me laugh
Fun facts for the discerning blogger:
My first job was in a bank, which is where I picked up my love of banknotes & banknote security features
The bulk of my European coins are inherited from my grand- and great-grandparents
I have a honours degree in linguistics, and I currently work as a high school teacher
I am also a lifelong pin collector. Mainly pins related to my travels, but I have recently inherited some olympic pins from my father who worked in sports media, so i guess i also collect those too now
the 2014 plastic transnistrian coins! technically the first circulating plastic coins ever issued by a government, though that depends on your opinion of transnistria.
these have gotten quite popular in non-collector circles as an interest piece and you can definitely see why. it’s weird to hold coins that aren’t metallic and know they hold value!
there’s been a bit of tit-for-tat over whether there’s any luminescence under UV lighting, i turned on my pocket torch and saw some banknote-style flecks. would be interested if any other collector had different results.
The very complex reverse of this note shows the coat of arms of Glogau showing the Madonna, Silesian eagle, bull, raven, and G in the center, all symbols of Glogau or Silesia as a whole.
A low denomination 5 Pf. note from Glogau, modern day Głogów, Poland!
The reverse of this note shows the Andreas Gryphius Theatre, built in 1799, destroyed in 1945, and then rebuilt in 2019. The theater hosted many world rebound opera and ballet troupes performed there throughout the 19th century, including Franz List in 1843. But despite the Theatre's high-class reputation, reportedly the first floor was used as a meat market.
Numisblr, I believe I am hooked. A vendor at the local yearly coin show has always sold a really nice array of Chinese numismatics, and his usual prices went down this past one on a couple pieces, so I decided to buy this beauty plus some other Chinese Empire coins.
The thing is, I'm such a sucker for oddly shaped numismatics, and this Xin Dynasty spade (only $20 btw) sent me down a rabbit hole... I've finally learned to discern the symbols on cash coins and the ties common ones have to certain dynasties & periods. This is ultimately a good development, but now I'm getting even more invested in Asian numismatics when I already struggle with identifying the most basic Islamic & Indian coinage. 😅
Detailed information about the coin 400 Cash, Wang Mang (Third reform), China (ancient), with pictures and collection and swap management: m
So two Australians walk into a Ljubljana coin shop….
…. and even though their child asked for them to find a 10 stotinov they instead asked for the slovenian eel coin, leading to a very confused conversation with the poor attendant!
This olm coin has been on my list for about eight years now. I’m sure you can see why- i mean look at that thing! but shipping to australia has always been nuts and i’ve never encountered it in person, so when my parents went off to europe this was line of the few things i asked them to keep an eye out for when shopping.
Despite all the miscommunications the shop attendant and owner were incredibly lovely to my parents (who speak next to no slovene) and have them his email so they have a coin hookup in europe if they need it.
Yooo, congrats!! I remember when I started collecting, I got one of these locally (thank my nowhere blue collar city for its small yet noteworthy Slovenian population).
Also, European coin hookup, you say? Sounds like more opportunities to extract all the eel coins from Europe !! >:D
So two Australians walk into a Ljubljana coin shop….
…. and even though their child asked for them to find a 10 stotinov they instead asked for the slovenian eel coin, leading to a very confused conversation with the poor attendant!
This olm coin has been on my list for about eight years now. I’m sure you can see why- i mean look at that thing! but shipping to australia has always been nuts and i’ve never encountered it in person, so when my parents went off to europe this was line of the few things i asked them to keep an eye out for when shopping.
Despite all the miscommunications the shop attendant and owner were incredibly lovely to my parents (who speak next to no slovene) and have them his email so they have a coin hookup in europe if they need it.
