The Bolshevik revolutionary-turned-dictator Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union from 1922 until his death in 1953. He was arguably the most prolific mass murderer in history. This set contains one White Russian banknote; and one "death sentence" silver...

First century CE Indo-Greek Kushan bronze tetradrachm featuring portrait of King Vima I Takto.

Thousand-year-old bronze cash coin, issued during by the Northern Song Dynasty in China.

The bull and horse design on this silver coin was used as a template by both Muslim and Hindu rulers for six centuries.

This crude silver kopek was issued during the reign of Peter the Great (1682-1725). The coins were struck by taking a piece of silver wire, cutting it to the proper weight, then smashing it between dies.

Among the last issues of the Soviet Union, this album contains a 1 ruble banknote and eight coins issued between 1961-91.

The two banknotes in this collection circulated in Russia during the years of American military engagement after the Armistice that ended the First World War: 1918-22.

Bronze coin issued by Constantine's sons shows a bust of their late father wearing a shroud. On the reverse, Constantine the Great rides a chariot drawn by four horses, as the Hand of God reaches down from on high to receive him in Heaven.

Commemorative bronze coins of Constantine the Great featuring their respective helmeted city goddess with the legends CONSTAN/TINOPOLIS or VRBS ROMA.

Gladiators and gods, aqueducts and Augustuses, togas and triumvirates, legions and lions: fifteen centuries after the fall, Rome remains fixed in the popular culture—and for good reason. For five full centuries, from the ascension of Caesar...

Maximilien Robespierre The Incorruptible to his allies; dictator sanguinaria to his opponents was a French lawyer and statesman: arguably the most influential, and inarguably the most controversial, figure of the French Revolution. He supported radical...

When put to the test by the Pharisees, Jesus famously answers the question of taxation. The story is related in all three synoptic gospels; in Matthew 21:15-22: Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap him in what he said. So they sent their...

This Third Reich 1 Reichspfennig coin, was struck in zinc, and features the Nazi swastika.

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.