[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Herman Kretz wasn't one of the well-known Mint Superintendents. This is a three-inch medal, by Morgan, whose name appears near...
No, though I have a good collection of savings banks where the bank retains the key, including a current one from the PostBank in Greece. Thanks...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Toilet lock mechanism for pre-decimal British penny. No key, alas. The weights are used because in Britain, coins and...
It was in a dealer "junk box" in the Strasse de 17 Juni flea market they have on Saturdays in Berlin … "Leidensweg" seems to mean "path of...
A German medal about half dollar sized, and in brass, commemorating the hyperinflation (and issued once it was safely over). I bought it in...
And one more. It's a merchant's coin counting tray, similar ones are still commonly used in Europe to make change from. My guess is circa 1920....
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Thanks for the ref, no doubt the ANA library has a copy and I can arrange to have it sent. Here's a little bit of a...
I bought it because I couldn't find much to buy there and for me it was the standout item! I think it was 2000 yen. Here are a couple of Vatican...
Very likely, I don't monitor it constantly. I look out for the Mint medals created for Superintendents; I also have ones for Herman Kretz (1895)...
Yes, I know a small amount about the head tax tokens, there's a writeup http://www.afscoins.com/images/pdf/New%20Guinea.pdf here. Thanks for the...
Here's a piece I picked up in Brisbane, I think around 2005, from a coin dealer I visit on my rare visits there. It is uniface,[ATTACH] This I...
And the crown didn't do much circulating the past 170 years or so. I've seen very worn crowns from the 1820s, but never a Churchill crown worn...
I've seen British change holders (wooden) from that era, they have six compartments. My guess is that farthings, half pennies and pennies would...
Those look good. I have a special attachment to the Oregon Trail ones as I've done a lot of research on them and have an article hopefully The...
Nice! I'll go through and pick the best I can find and use it. The one we have now is off the Mint's website.
Obviously we are looking for the best we can get, but we're not so picky as to say that a nice XF would do. So feel free to.
Hi, under the same nickname I write a lot of the coin articles for Wikipedia (current project 20 cent piece...
That's nice, but the Mint has a library of current issue images that are public domain. Thanks though!
Hi, under the same name at Wikipedia I'm one of the people who is trying to improve the coverage of numismatics there. Articles I've worked on...
Lance, I'm the principal author of the article on Standing Liberty quarters at Wikipedia. Would you be willing to let us use your images of the...
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