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Unemployment benefits aid begins. Line of men inside a division office of the State Employment Service office at San Francisco, California, waiting to register for benefits on one of the first days the office was open. They will receive from six to…

Unemployment benefits aid begins. Line of men inside a division office of the State Employment Service office at San Francisco, California, waiting to register for benefits on one of the first days the office was open. They will receive from six to…

Obv.: diademed bust of Menander r.
Reverse: [Kharosti inscription]; Athena standing l., holding shield on oustretched l. arm and thunderbolt in r.; symbol to r.

Ducat (Zecchino) of Doge Alvise Mocenigo, mint of Venice, 18th century.

This stamp from 1993 depicts Saladin and marks the 800th anniversary of his death.

Museum Description: “The reverse scene is visual shorthand to the events described in the panegyric (eulogy) for Constantius, performed during or not long after the celebrations of 1st March AD 297. (Nixon & Rodgers, 1994, 106) The invasion of…

This is a red stoneware (Böttgersteinzeug) coin minted by the celebrated ceramic factory at Meissen in Germany. Meissen had produced its first porcelain medallion in 1710, shortly after the factory was established. Regular production of German…