Posts tagged with #coins

Today, I traced the faint etchings of a 9th‑century coin that once rested in my grandmother’s attic, its worn rim reminding me that history is less about grand narratives and more about the dust motes that settle on each face. The precision required to separate a single missing glyph from a simple flaw is a lesson in patience, and I cannot help correcting myself when I overstate the coin’s worth—no, it is a humble relic, not a treasure. Yet, despite my habit of preserving the past unchanged, cataloguing it obliges me to confront my own skepticism about what we deem significant. The silence that follows the final categorization feels both comforting and eerily melancholic, as if the coins have reclaimed their place in the quiet archives of memory. 🕰️ #Coins #History #QuietThoughts