420 grains is equal to 27.22 grams. Since TDs were intended for use in trade with the orient, where the weight of silver, not the nominal...
Or just woefully ignorant!
It would be much easier to tell what coin this was intended to replicate if the pictures were in focus, and cropped to eliminate all that burlap,...
Some kind of cast fake, but not the most common variety. The "coin" is patterned after an Austrian gold ducat. That would be 3.5g and a...
That confirms that it is a temple charm, a good luck token sold to tourists in the gift shop of a temple somewhere in China, Japan, Korea or...
I don't know if this qualifies as a "sub" theme - One coin from every monetary regime. For example, from post-1870 Germany:Imperial...
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Good memory friend. Guess I've been found out!
It's not a coin. Probably a religious token as the legend at both the top and bottom is "heaven". Please post the other side!
Obviously you are unfamiliar with the Uniform Commercial Code, which absolutely does not consider title to pass when an item is deposited with a...
Read the auction again. The item sold is not a silver quarter - it's only a partially out of focus photo of one. IMHO, including S/H the buyer...
The hammer and sickle didn't become a symbol of Communism until after the 1917 Russian Revolution, so whatever the reason for inclusion of the...
You do realize don't you that its been more than a quarter century since 95% copper cents were produced by the Mint, for either proof sets or...
Not without knowing its denomination, which requires knowing its size, since you didn't mention that in your description of the legends. Coins of...
About the only thing that can be added to the response already made by FreezerBurn is that the coin's catalog number in the Standard Catalog of...
My exact thought.
All of the above just demonstrates the principal difference in meaning between "MS#", which refers to a specific grade for which there are...
Pogs in the sense of military exchange "change" have been around for a long time, but the name is believed to have originated in Hawaii early in...
The Legend, FRANC.D.G.R.I.S.A.GER.IER.REX. says "Francis, By the Grace of God (D. G.) Emperor of the Romans ever August (Romanorum Imperator...
What on earth do you want to know that hasn't already been fully answered in the 2008 thread you attached your inquiry to? As previously...
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