Religious items
This gallery is for all religions ~ including items for religious use and religious purposes.
Reference: Pixabay
Bent old coins from the 1600'serroneously called 'love tokens' by the ignorant.
When the Reformation destroyed the power of...
... the Catholic Church in Protestant lands..... the people bent coins as a protection from evil.
Otago Coin is a Learning Centre
GB 1880 Robert RaikesCentenary of Sunday Schools
white metal
width: 44mm ~ a large medal
$30.00 (stock WS34)
Vatican1931 ten lire ~ Queen of Peace ~ Pope Pius XI
0.835 silver, weight: 10 grams
width: 27mm ~ mintage: 50,000
$59.00 (stock 2201)
West Taieri Presbyterian Church 1864communion token
Otago, NZ
width: 30mm
$40.00 (stock R750-216)
GB 1892 Baptist Mission Centenary1792 - 1892
white metal
width: 44mm ~ a large medal
$29.00 (stock WS35)
Presbyterian Church ~ Otago and Southland 1898Reverend Dr. Burns, Founder
white metal
width: 26mm
$135.00 (stock NZ7)
1938 NZ Catholic Centenary Bishop Pompallier First Mass ~ Totara Point
silver
width: 26mm
$75.00 (stock R561)
EthiopiaEmperor Haile Selassie (Jah)
linked to Rastafarian religion
copper 25 cents (1944) issued in 1952-1953
width: 26mm
$9.00 (stock Q22)
First Church1848 communion token
Otago, NZ
width: 29mm
$59.00 (stock R794)
Sassanid Empire (Persia) ~ Khusro II 590-628 AD
silver dirhem fire altar with two attendants width: 33-34mm
$164.00 (stock 6951)
East Taieri Presbyterian Church 1864communion token
Otago, NZ
width: 30mm
$40.00 (stock WS348)
1928 ~ Pope Pius XI 29th International Eucharistic Congress Sydney
silver coating upon copper width: 40mm
$39.00 (stock WS40)