VIDEO: NUMISMATICS IN IRAQ

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The E-Sylum: Volume 27, Number 40, October 6, 2024, Article 7

VIDEO: NUMISMATICS IN IRAQ

The David Lisot Video Library on the Newman Numismatic Portal can be found at:
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/multimediadetail/522852

We highlight one of his videos each week in The E-Sylum. Here's one from 2009 with a firsthand account about numismatics in Iraq. -Editor

"Bill Myers is a military surgeon who has served two tours in Iraq. He is an avid coin collector and has assembled an extensive collection of coins and money items from that part of the world. In this presentation you will see and learn:

How collecting POGS that have been issued for different military campaigns
Lenticular images on pogs
Errors on pogs from cutting and printing
Eagle cash used in the PX
Examples of old Iraqi currency including counterfeits and the themes on the money
Current Iraqi currency with exchange of 1300 dinars to the US dollar
Iraqi coinage and tokens
Challenge coins and medals issued by the military
Other currency available in the shops in the local marketplace"

Speaker(s): Colonel Bill Myers. From the 2009 Florida United Numismatists convention.

To watch the complete video, see:
Numismatics in Iraq (https://youtu.be/_GJfQY7BI68)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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