This copper kopek coin was issued during the reign of Nicholas II, when Rasputin enjoyed enormous influence over the Romanov royal family.

A prolific author, a bold theologian, and a saintly presence, John Paul II was hailed as the great by his successor, Benedict XVI, upon his death in 2005. The epithet has stuck, and he is now known as John Paul the Great. He was beatified in 2011 and...

A very scarce bronze 1/2 Centennials coin minted for a brief period, to commemorate the 1100th anniversary celebration of the founding of the old city of Rome. Issued in the names of Constantius II and Constans, the coins depict the phoenix bird.

At the time of his death at age 46, Philip II was the most successful king Macedon had produced: streamlining the military, consolidating power, and successfully defeating the Spartans, the Scythians, and the Achaemenids. When he was stabbed to death on...

Once upon a time, some 300 million years ago, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, Antarctica, and the Americas were all part of one enormous supercontinent: Pangaea. The name a combination of the Greek words pan, for entire, and Gaia, for Mother Earth was...

The Pact of Steel is the agreement signed by Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini that established the European Axis. This album contains a Nazi and Italian coin, as well as stamps bearing the portraits of the two men, separately and together.

In September of 1942, Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves was appointed director of what became the Manhattan Project. He tapped J. Robert Oppenheimer to head the secret weapons laboratory, which was established at Los Alamos, New Mexico. Despite his lack of...

This one-duet coin was widely used in the Dutch colonies, including New Amsterdam, and has come to be known as the First New York Penny.

This album contains a 2 hao banknote, P-69, issued in 1958, as well as three commemorative Vietnamese postage stamps, one of which features Ho Chi Minh.

Set of 5 coins and 2 banknotes used by the notorious Fascist ruler of World War II Italy.

Late Medieval Hungarian silver denar showing Mary, the patron saint of Hungary, with baby Jesus.

Issued in 2012 by the South African Reserve Bank, these 10 rand banknotes are part of a series honoring "The Father of South Africa," the anti-apartheid activist and revolutionary leader Nelson Mandela.

Silver tetradrachm of King Azes II of Bactria, identified by historians as having sent one of the three magi, or wise men, to pay homage to the baby Jesus.

When Ranjit Singh was born on November 13, 1780, even the most prophetic seer could not have predicted his meteoric rise. A childhood bout of smallpox left him with a pockmarked face and blind in his left eye and he was short of stature and homely in...

This 1000 won banknote, P-8, was issued by the Republic of Korea in 1950, the year the war began. It features a portrait of Syngman Rhee, the Korean nationalist who was the president of South Korea from 1948-1960.

Five banknotes from five countries occupied by Japan during World War II: China, Burma, Malaya, the Netherlands East Indies and the Philippines.

This album contains two banknotes and one Greater East Asia War Discounted Treasury Bond, issued by the Empire of Japan during the Second World War.

This deluxe portfolio album features a British coin that circulated in Whitechapel during the Jack the Ripper murders.

Features a silver coin of Ivan IV of Russia, creator of the state secret police.

Set Of 2 Coins And 7 Banknotes From The President And Absolute Ruler Of Iraq, Overthrown By U.S. Forces In 2003.

This album features two zinc Nazi coins, a banknote used by the Third Reich in occupied territories, and a stamp with a portrait of der Fuhrer.

This set contains a stamp, and banknote, and two coins issued by the Third Reich during World War II. Interestingly, Hitler chose not to have his portrait on German money.

The cruelty of Herod I is described in the Gospel of Matthew. To safeguard his position as King of the Jews, he ordered the slaughter of all boys under the age of two in the area of Bethlehem.

This album on the Helsinki Summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin includes two Finland 25 penial coins from 1917: one with and one without the Romanov crown.

Issued in 1952, this Nepalese 4 paisa coin was made from spent bullet casings used by the famed Gurka regiment in World War II.

The five notes in this set were printed by and circulated in various provinces of the Philippines during the Japanese occupation during World War II. During the occupation, possession of guerilla money was forbidden on penalty of death; entire villages...

This album contains a Roman bronze coin of Valens, the emperor slain in battle by the Goths, who went on to conquer Rome.

This folder contains a Prager Groschen, which circulated in Prague during the life of Rabbi Loew, creator of the Golem.

When we think of ancient Rome, we think first of the gladiators. These professional fighters delighted frenzied crowds in the Colosseum, doing battle with wild animals, with condemned criminals, and with one another, sometimes fighting to the death. The...

These posthumous issues, struck after AD 337 by the sons of Constantine the Great, feature a spectral image of the veiled emperor on the obverse—who for some time remained the emperor, even in death.

King George III assumed the throne in 1760 and ruled for 59 years—at the time, the longest reign of a British monarch. Unlike his father and grandfather, who hailed from the Electorate of Hanover, he was born and bred in Britain, and was a native...

This album features a farthing of George IV, who was king of Great Britain when the popular edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was published.

A brutal head of state, Franco ruled Spain from the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 until his death in 1975. This album contains five coins and one banknote.

Tancred of Hauteville was the grandson of the great Norman ruler Robert The Fox Guiscard and the nephew of the legendary Bohemond of Antioch. With his uncle, he joined the group of Franks who answered the Popes call for the defense of Jerusalem what...

Bronze prutahs that circulated in Judaea minted in the Emperor Nero’s name by his appointed governor, Porcius Festus (58-62 CE). Both men figure prominently in Christian history.

Herself an Augusta, Fausta (b. 289) was kin to numerous Roman emperors: she was the sister of Maxentius, the daughter of Maximianus, the second wife of Constantine the Great, and the mother of Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans. But it was her...

This album contains coins of emperors: 1/ Valentinian II, 2/ Theodosius I, 3/ Arcadius, and 4/ Honorius.

This remarkable collection of eight coins highlights some of the signature moments in the European Theater during the Second World War.

Egypt has one of the longest histories of any country, tracing its heritage along the Nile Delta back to the 6th millennia BCE. Considered a cradle of civilization, Ancient Egypt saw some of the earliest developments of writing, agriculture,...

The Year of the Dragon begins on February 10, 2024. This is the fifth of the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac, and the only mythological creature in the cycle. The Dragon is am imposing figure, integral to Chinese myth and legend, and is a symbol of good...