Whether you're a pirate, privateer, or land-bound soldier these replicas of Spanish reales and doubloons will make great props for use along with our period dice and card games. The sets include equal numbers of the coins and a plain drawstring pouch to keep them in. All are about the size of a modern quarter and are made out of zinc just like a modern American penny, so they have an authentic sound as well. We include 5 coins each of the four styles in the graphic.
20 coins for $10.00+ $2.50 shipping
Order 100 coins and we'll give you a
FREE Put & Take Top (see below)
The 100 coin set includes 25 of each of the four styles pictured
100 coins + Put & Take $40.00 + $6.55 shipping
These would be a great way to show off your booty on a pirate coat
-Drill a couple holes through them and use them for buttons!
Dice with "bulls-eye" markings as pips date back to ancient Rome, and have been found in archeological sites such as Pompeii. Similar dice continued to be used until the Middle Ages. We've molded ours in resin to simulate bone, or ivory. About 3/4" in size
We offer them individually for $5.00 each.+ $0.42 shipping
or save $5.00 and buy a set of 5 for $20.00 + $2.00 shipping
Teachers: these are a great accessory to use for ancient Greek, or Roman units, or the "Day in Pompeii" exhibit touring the country.
A centuries-old variation on dicing. Also called a "Teetotum," or "Ante-up" the players each ante a coin, or two, then take turns spinning the top. The side that lands facing up tells you if must "put" more into the pot, or if you can "take" coins from it. Ours is an 8-sided style, molded in resin to simulate bone. Similar tops are used for "pirate" games like "Morgan's Revengetm" Approx. 1 3/8" tall. $5.00 each.+ $0.42 shipping
This reproduction of a set of bawdy German dice dates from the 15th century and may represent Adam & Eve (- before the fall, no fig leaves!) They are cast in resin to simulate the ivory of the originals. Size: approx. 1".$10.00 per pair.+ $0.75 shipping
We normally sell them in pairs, but on request we are willing to put together other "preferred" combinations.
Click on Learn more to see the other sides of the dice PG13 ;-)
I just want "Lady Dice"
I just want "Lord Dice"
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This poor little dragon looks like he has been gambling with a wizard - and caught cheating! He has been compressed into a cube, and marked like a standard die, but his face and wings are still clearly visible. Size: approx. 1". (Unrelated to Dragon Dice the collectable dice game.) Available in "bone" green, blue, or red $5.00 each.+ $0.42 shipping
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Blood-red dice with a stylized skull carved on each side. The pips make up the eyes and noses. Size: approx. 1". Available in "bone," or red!$5.00 each.+ $0.42 shipping
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One of the earliest forms of "dice." Our "bones" are full-sized (about 1.5" long), anatomically correct and molded in resin from actual sheep bones. They are so realistic looking that we have squeamish customers drop them when we tell them they are "bones." Knucklebones or man-made facsimiles of them continued to be used for children's games right up until the early 20th century. The set comes in a draw-string pouch with 5 "bones", 6 standard wooden dice, and a 20-page booklet of dice games dating prior to 1700 as well as rules for "fivestones" and an acient form of divination using knuckebones. $20.00 per set. + $2.00 shipping
Want just one or two bones? for Native games that don't require a full set?
You can by them individually at the same price as our other dice $5.00 each of + $0.42 postage
Teachers: these are a great accessory to use for ancient Greek, or Roman units, or the "Day in Pompeii" exhibit touring the country.
Easy! -they are used like four sided dice:
(1 pt for the "flat" side; 3 pts for the "concave" side; 4 pts for the convex side; 6 pts for the "twisted" side.)
Click on the buttons at right to see!
The set comes with a booklet of games with a scoring diagram.
Knucklebone probability report: One of our customers was kind enough to test a set of our knuckles to see what sides they favored, Click on the learn more link to read it.Plain Wooden Dice
Are you just looking for an inexpensive handful of dice to play bar games like "Ship, Captain, Crew" or "Farkle"? Here's a set of 6 plain wooden dice packaged in a little cotton pouch.
$5.00 + $1.00 shipping
the wooden dice are the same as the ones pictured with the Knucklebones set.
Newly Updated in 2003: We recently added several dice games translated from Alphonso X's "Book of Games (circa 1280 A.D) Includes a look at the history of dice, rule for dicing with sheep knucklebones.
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