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**Exclusive: 'Turk-Kagan' coin discovery reshapes early Turkic history, says Uzbek professor**

“_Perhaps most significantly, the “Turk-Kagan” coins predate the famed Orkhon inscriptions—those of Tonyukuk, Kultegin, and Bilge Kagan—by more than 150 years. This pushes back the earliest known written usage of “Turk” and “Turk-Kagan” to the late sixth or early seventh century A.D._”

https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/exclusive-turk-kagan-coin-discovery-reshapes-early-turkic-history-says-uzbek-professo-3202148.

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**Detectorist finds hoard of Roman silver coins**

Katy Prickett

_“The earliest coin in the hoard dates from 57BC and is also the most worn._

_It was made in the Roman Republic which lasted from 57BC, when a monarch was replaced by elected magistrates, until AD27, when the empire began.”_

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20dzmnkd0yo

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The Most Expensive Coin

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Coin roll hunter finds some nice rare pennies https://boingboing.net/2020/10/27/coin-roll-hunter-finds-some-nice-rare-pennies.html #boingboing #coins #collectors #numismatics #numismatism