Definition: Exonumia, also called paranumismatica, is the study of, or interest in, items related to coinage and money, or that are similar in appearnce to coins. Popular forms of exonumia collecting include elongated coins, coin tokens, military medals, medallions, arcade tokens, wooden nickels, transit tokens, etc.
Mr. Ahmust, a Kelantanese, a new friend that I just met on last Sunday at flea market at Petaling Street. He is a descendant of Arab. His great great grandfather came to Malaya 3 centuries ago.
A very friendly guy, selling some exonumia items in the back lane. He showed me a piece of Pillar Dollar with a very cute figure of man crafted on the obverse.Ahmust told me,it was crafted by his great grandfather hundred years ago in Kelantan.
Ferdinand VII. 14 October 1784 – 29 September 1833 |
This is a 1821 R.G. 8 Reales Spain's Silver Pillar Dollar with 90.3 percents of silver composition. Weight at 27.07gm. Floral Edged.
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