Although officially minted as a wing capped Liberty in 1916, on first glance the Liberty dime appears to be the profile of the Greek God Mercury. So much so that even coin collectors refer to the Liberty dime as a Mercury dime.
The god Mercury equates to luck, changes and is considered especially fortunate for travelers [...]
A common fixture in many Japanese stores is the sculpture of the Maneki Neko, or literally “beckoning cat.”
The story (or at least one version of it) is that the cat belonged to an old impoverished man, and one day the cat crossed the path of a nobleman on a journey diverting him with it’s beckoning. [...]
I found this coin quite a while ago in a Salem bead shop, it has peaches and bats on one side and the symbol for fu on the other (along with three symbols that I don’t know.)
The coin itself is made from cheap mixed metal and has a nice fake patina. The bats are also [...]
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