Two rival medieval pubs a few metres apart in Lincoln, England

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Alois Hitler takes away his son’s favourite blanket. Austria 1890

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I think that noise is the sound of a barrel bottom being scraped.

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He’s been officially labelled a disturber of copyright law

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Hmm, I could have sworn there are some more....

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Just matched with a famous author!

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The crossover we didn’t know we needed.

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Qyburn’s greatest experiment: Moose Bolton

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I found the OG from 1870

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Ned Stark and Jon Arryn prep Bobby B for the bedding ceremony with Cersai

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Sending solidarity to our fellow male bi primates!

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Next up in my series of strange representation in job applications, I give you:

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Finally realised who he reminds me of! “WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HELP OUR PEOPLE! Starting with our stockholders, Bob!

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Joe Biden fails to claim the Leprechaun’s gold, Ireland 1993

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Next up on shocking revelations nobody cares about

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This meme was made by the stolen ice-cream crew

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Messi never met Peterson and wins World Cup..... coincidence?

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I finally felt represented

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A question that bothered me as a child. Where did Martin get the alternate ending to Star Wars from? SE12 E11

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I accidentally made a Sauron coffee

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Surely the most ideologically consistent thing for Andrew Tate to do at this point, is to launch a cash in ‘How to tackle Andrew Tate’ course.

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Tolkien reviews Peter Jackson’s ‘The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies’.

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Whenever I go to a new place I always meet the local Waldreg

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Reject lobster, embrace crab

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After literally years of work: cataloging, organising and saving to buy enough trays and cabinets, I’ve finally got my coins the way I want them, and there’s even space for more.....

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My new cabinet. I’ll probably put a couple of lesser soul gems in here with a very hard lock. Come at my thieves guild!

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The new Victorian inspired calling cards I designed, in a vintage leather case.

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#RESIST

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Just finished setting up my desk!

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My newly personalised bag (yes I am Alicia Keys)

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I Used To Be With It, But Then They Changed What It Was

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I memed my friend, critiquing his descent into normism

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Found a piece of Irish history for sale in a Cardiff charity shop. Money was spent at record speed.

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My desk and bookcases

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Reddit Directed Share Programme! How can I loose? Now Bart, we can't pay you a salary, but we can give you stock

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Having a pirate watch party with my treasure. The worn 8 reale is from the Consolacion wreck which sank in 1681 after being perused by the English pirate Bartholomew Sharpe.

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Can we have some love for Illyrio Mopatis and the actor who played him: Roger Allam. I was really looking forward to see him get up to some scheming in later seasons.........

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Well PayPal seem to be a tad suspicious because I purchased a medieval coin (from Canada) minted in an Iranian city known for militant activity today. I’m going to put it out there and say that the National Liberation Movement of Ahwaz probably don’t put their name in the payment reference.

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I’m not in the business of trying to get celebrities cancelled, however composer Henry Purcell (1659-1695) may be a nice guy. I give you Julia c. 1693.

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But Sir, studies show the public like cheap cosmetics! Well in that case we’d better get a photo of me putting shampoo in a guinea pig’s eye.

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I feel judged by Barclay V. Head 1886 “The young collector who would not drift into unprofitable dilettanteism should therefore select some one series and keep to it, and it is chiefly with the view of assisting him to make his choice of a field to work upon that these pages have been written.”

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I found this print in a charity shop, can anyone identify the original painting please?

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Damn! We’ve arrived at the point in the year when a tweed suit isn’t weather appropriate

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It’s obvious the real Russell Brand died in 2018. Since then he’s just been Peterson doing a silly accent

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Bun eaters lie down! This is a photograph taken in Derry during the war of independence circa 1920. Can anyone tell me the context of why ‘bun eaters’ is so insulting?

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I happened to walk past the building where the technology behind CGM and flash monitoring was developed. A big thank-you from me to Hill, Cass and Davies!

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Ralph gives far better self help advice

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When I removed my Medtronic silhouette earlier today I got an interesting surprise. I now have serial killer underwear and will be spending the rest of my morning cleaning the carpet. Who knew one little hole could produce so much blood?

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How my friends see me when I tell them I’m into coin collecting. I came across this painting ‘Portrait of a Collector’, by Parmigianino (1523) in the National Gallery, London. I believe the denarius depicted is a portrait issue of Julius Caesar, so this guy is showing off his star piece.

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I’m expecting my new libre well help me make attractive, cultured friends who know where to get the best coffee.

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If you see an opportunity: Seize Her! My $30 Julius Caesar denarius score, 47-46 BC

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I’m using my self isolation to organise my coins and make new collection cards. Order is beautiful!

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It’s okay Kit, we understand what you and Jon went through in S8

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This was listed on eBay as an unidentified Indian dump. However I thought I spotted an ancient Egyptian Princess! AE 25 minted under Ptolemy V, showing Cleopatra I as Isis.

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I think De Valera would have fitted in here...

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Not at all creepy......

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I swear I’ve seen this fellow before

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Back in 1870s Ireland, cursing the Pope’s granny was just a 40 shilling fine from the Police Court. Nowadays he comes after you personally.

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No thank-you! I don’t want to die

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Me? Easily influenced by advertising? Please!...

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Genghis Coin! This small unassuming jital is my most expensive coin purchase of the year. It is one of the few coins minted in the name of the Mongol conquerer Genghis Khan. Ghazna, Afghanistan, early 13th century.

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Yesterday there was an interesting discussion about alleged Mayan artefacts for sale. For anyone interested in how and why the majority of mesoamerican objects on eBay are fake, I highly recommend the book ‘Faking Ancient Mesoamerica’ by Kelker and Bruhns

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A terrible end to a dismal list

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The newest (and best) addition to my Irish political autographs collection. The Liberator himself: Daniel O’Connell. From an envelope dated 1839 addressed to Luke Smethett/Smethell?

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Memorial to James Connolly, leader of the Irish Citizen Army, in Cowgate Edinburgh. Connolly was born near this spot in 1868 and was executed by the British authorities in Kilmainham Gaol, 1916. Thanks to u/CircleGuy for helping me find it.

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This coin has been on my list for a very long time. 10 Cash of Wu Zong (1307-1311), Yuan Mongol Emperor of China. The alphabet is the Phags-pa script, a script commissioned by Kublai Khan to write the many languages of his empire.

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Ummm Pie! 1 Pie, 1831-1835, Bengal Presidency, India.

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I don’t know how many diabetics you’ve met DVLA but anyone who answers no to that question is lying.

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My great grandfather in Wimbledon circa 1935. Despite his moustache he was an anti fascist activist.

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The Adam and Eve Tavern, Lincoln. Following De Valera’s escape from Lincoln jail 1919 the escape party caught a cab from here to the local railway station. Allegedly Dev, who was dressed in women’s clothes was wolf whistled by off duty British soldiers who were drinking there.

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Turns out you can find a little Irish history wherever you travel. On the 25th of June 1891 Charles Stewart Parnell and Catherine O’Shea were married in this building in Steyning nr Brighton. The owner is now very confused as to why I was taking pictures of their house this afternoon.

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My first large cent, found rummaging in a junk bin in London. It looks like it’s had an interesting history.

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My defaced sestertius of Maximinus I. An example of someone venting their frustration at a bad emperor?

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Halfpenny token from Enniscorthy, County Wexford, 1800. This issue was probably intended to celebrate the end of the 1798 rebellion/execution of the rebels and depicts a gallows tree.

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Spotted on a lamppost in Edinburgh. One for all the James Connolly fans in the audience!

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One of my favourite tetradrachms. Roman Macedon, Amphipolis mint 167-149 BCE. The obverse depicts the goddess Artemus, while the reverse shows the club of Hercules.

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I hate it when Aegina staters try to escape!

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I was late to a party because I stopped to photograph this! It’s the memorial to Henry Wilson at Liverpool St Station, London. In 1922, two hours after unveiling the station’s war memorial Wilson, a British Field Marshal and unionist politician from County Longford was assassinated by IRA agents.

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Envelope autographed by William Smith O’Brien, one of the leaders of the 1848 young Irelander rebellion. From my collection.

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Medal Celebrating the allied victory over France in the Napoleonic Wars. Note the date: May 1814. I’m absolutely confident Napoleon had no further schemes in the works.

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Recent purchase. Rare Sestertius of Caracalla, reverse showing radiate lion carrying thunderbolt. Rated R3 in RIC, fewer than 6 known examples in collections surveyed. Probably commissioned to celebrate the Emperor’s ‘victory’ in Persia.

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My pickup from Coinex 2018. A double siglos from Gandhara. Circa 6-500 BC, one of the first Indian coins.

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Envelope autographed by Lord Londonderry (formerly Lord Castlereagh), Chief Secretary for Ireland 1798-1801 and architect of the Union with Great Britain. The envelope is dated July 1st 1822, a few weeks before his suicide on August 12th. From my collection.

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Newspaper cutting about a visit to Sheffield, found in an old copy of De Valera’s official biography. Any ideas about the date?

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Letter from Vesey Fitzgerald accepting an invitation to dinner. Dated 12th of March 1829. The previous year Fitzgerald had lost his Clare seat to Daniel O’Connell in a landmark by-election that saw O’Connell elected as the first Roman Catholic to the U.K. Parliament. From my collection.

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Autograph clipped from letter by Robert Stewart, Lord Castlereagh 1769-1822, prior to becoming Lord Londonderry in 1821.

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New addition to my Irish historical autographs. John Dillon succeeded Redmond to the leadership of the Irish PP in 1918 and lost his seat in the same year to De Valera. Dillon subsequently retired from politics having worked for Home Rule since the 1870s. The reverse reads: I am very glad I am free.

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Er what do I do? Take it off? Leave it? Please help!

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Anyone have any strong opinions on libre protection straps? Good/bad/unnecessary?

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