The television game show "Jeopardy" had a series of U.S. Coin questions last evening (March 10, 2021): Old west artist James Earle Fraser...
The 1954 film "Rear Window" has a scene where actress Grace Kelly is reading a book. [IMG] Grace Kelly reading book The book is Beyond the High...
"The Amazing Mr. Nordill" is a 1947 10 minute short film produced by the MGM motion picture company. It was part of the series of short films by...
[IMG] Brazil 960 reis 1816-R, Rio de Janiero, King Joao as regent Silver, 40 mm, 26.80 gm Obverse: Crowned arms of Portugal and three petals at...
Not That Joe but Johannes V, King of Portugal and Brazil. He was known as João or in English, John, and in Latin, Johannes. He lived from AD 1689...
Recently I came across a small article about a 1946 detective film entitled "The French Key" which starts with a man finding a dead man's body in...
The two kings Timurid Timur (Tamerlane) and Mughal Shah Jahan both called themselves "Sahib Qiran" which meant the "Lord of the Auspicious...
The 1957 British film "Ill Met by Moonlight" is based on the World War II true story of two British Army officers who land on the Greek island of...
The 1955 film "Man with the Golden Arm" is about a former drug addict, played by Frank Sinatra, who tries to reform his life. He works as a poker...
This British India quarter anna appears to have a brockage error on the reverse: [IMG] British India Quarter Anna 1907 Bronze, 25 mm, 4.83 gm,...
This looks like something out of Science Fiction: Officials are warning residents to not plant seeds sent from China. If you receive a package...
A local house is known as the "Chicken Ranch" as the owners keep a number of the birds. They have this little item on display, a bowl or cup with...
The National Football League (NFL) team the Washington Redskins is dropping it's team name and it's logo which was copied from the United States...
James Ramsey Ullman wrote a novel in 1945 called The White Tower. The book was made into a film in 1950 with Glenn Ford, Lloyd Bridges, and Alida...
San Francisco news article: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Pandemic-takes-a-bite-Chuck-E-Cheese-files-for-15365657.php Chuck E. Cheese is a...
This advertisement for A&P Coffee appeared in the January 20, 1947 issue of Life Magazine: [IMG] A&P Coffee advertisement One way to save money!...
Great Britain used to mint fractions of farthings for British colonies to emulate local denominations. A farthing was 1/4 of a British penny or...
We have Lions and Tigers. We need Bears. [IMG] United States commemorative half dollar San Francisco Bay Bridge 1936-S :)
I bought several Mughal India coins recently and spent some time attempting to read the Arabic text on them with the help of Richard Plant's book...
I have this coin from the Islamic Samanid empire which is as large as a US silver dollar and have been researching it while staying at home....
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