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#OnThisDay in 1849, Edgar Allan Poe passed away under mysterious circumstances. Of all the artists who gave life to Poe's macabre tales over the years, perhaps none captured them quite so brilliantly as the Irish artist Harry Clarke: publicdomainreview.org/collection/h... #OTD #EdgarAllanPoe
![As the cash coins produced over Chinese history were similar, thousand year old cash coins produced during the Northern Song dynasty continued to circulate as valid currency well into the early twentieth century. 1]
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Replicas of various ancient to 19th century cast cash coins in various metals found in China, Korea and Japan.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:h4tiqxlaess3yxdmrwhqqdwh/bafkreib63rtutoshkgersvpcn5ddtncquonm4kamfhah7gxejgug33temi)
