When George Washington saw his image on these coins he was outraged and became the one who faught the hardest to put it into law. Some of these...
You only put the dead on coins in case the living do something so criminal or embarrassing that you'd have to recall the lot and melt them down....
That's a great deal of work you are asking for a pretty useless exercise, as some CT members are dealers some are collectors, some live in Poison...
I wonder why they continued to strike these when sovereigns were withdrawn from British circulation and replaced by £1 and 10/- Treasury notes in...
It's a good poker hand.
I am surprised that coin board users are calling this thing a 'coin'. It is a medallion.
From right to left, shamrock (clover) Ireland, Thistle, scotland,leek, Wales, Rose,England. The most notable previous plant design was the...
Is there really a program called 'American Greed'? Just how do they make sure they only get good ole American greed and not some cheap imported...
In the 60s I used to have a pocketfull of Churchill crowns (1965) and hand them out as change as a curiosity, but I'll agree that apart from a...
As an afterthought Britain issued some cupro-nickel crown (dollar) sized £5 coins that are legal tender for £5 and have just about zero collector...
All British Bank of England and Treasury notes are redeemable for face value,since about the mid 18th C, although anything before the mid 20th C...
Less junk in this bag, and some reasonably decent coins and tokens, but nothing of great value. A few items in the 30 to 50 dollar range, and I...
I think the work on the First Dog nickels is coming along pretty well too. Take away the people's royalty. and before long they have invented an...
I didn't realize you were from England. Correct me if I am wrong? You only have to show proof of sending not of delivery like in the US for...
Lying on the customs forms, I do not advise this to anyone. This is a potential problem. Foreign government customs are not stupid. Anything...
You're very wrong on this. The only way you can send safely out of the country by USPS is by express mail, registered mail, priority mail and all...
The last two posts before Chrisild's are both as misguided as can be. In order backwards, USPS does an electronic delivery confirmation service...
Since the toner bomb scare a couple of years ago, mail inbound to the US has been very slow. My theory is that they park everything in a shed in...
Well, I'd better get started with my machine to plate the centers of the thousands of old threpenny bits I have, silvery colour.
Looks like a button with a crude imitation of a British or Commonwealth coin obverse.
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