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G2A.COM Limited (commonly referred to as G2A) is a digital marketplace headquartered in the Netherlands, [1][2] with offices in Poland and Hong Kong. [3][4] The site operates in the resale of gaming offers and others digital items by the use of redemption keys. G2A.COM’s main offerings are game key codes for platforms such as Steam, EA app ...
Coins for the dead. Depiction of Charon crossing the river Styx with the deceased after they paid the cost of the crossing. Die Gartenlaube (1886) Coins for the dead is a form of respect for the dead or bereavement. The practice began in classical antiquity when people believed the dead needed coins to pay a ferryman to cross the river Styx.
A sobriety coin is a token given to Alcoholics Anonymous or other twelve-step program members representing the amount of time the member has remained sober. It is traditionally a medallion the size of a poker chip, 34 mm (1.34 in) (standard) or 39 mm (1.5 in) in diameter. In other twelve-step programs it is to mark time abstaining from whatever ...
Charon's obol is an allusive term for the coin placed in or on the mouth [ 1 ] of a dead person before burial. Greek and Latin literary sources specify the coin as an obol, and explain it as a payment or bribe for Charon, the ferryman who conveyed souls across the river that divided the world of the living from the world of the dead.
Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, medals and related objects.. Specialists, known as numismatists, are often characterized as students or collectors of coins, but the discipline also includes the broader study of money and other means of payment used to resolve debts and exchange goods.
A collection of two or more coins struck at the same time or during successive strikes on one or more dies, these coins with the resulting errors are related to one another, fitting together as a set. [21] All brockages, indents, chain edge strikes, and capped die strikes have a corresponding coin, but are rarely found together.
The front of a U.S. Marine Corps birthday ball medallion. Huguenot méreau used as a challenge coin during 17th century Protestant persecution in France. A challenge coin is a small coin or medallion, bearing an organization's insignia or emblem and carried by the organization's members. Traditionally, they might be given to prove membership ...
The diamond necklace weighs approximately 300 carats and was made in the 18th century, likely a decade before the French Revolution. This sale is the first time the jewel will be exhibited in the ...