Suggested in 1965 when the price of silver went up. :)
Here's a Rhodesia 1964 proof set which I bought by mail from the Rhodesian government in 1964: [IMG] Rhodesia proof set case (6 x 2-1/4 inches or...
There are many posts about Coinstar and similar change redemption machine coin finds, but how about the grocery store automatic change machine...
I do not believe that it is a coin planchet but something else. :)
Crews end search for 1887 time capsule under former Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond Crews in Virginia ended a daylong search Thursday after they...
There's a silver dollar in it. Work crews were still searching Thursday morning for a time capsule they believed was buried inside the pedestal...
Napoleon? :)
[IMG] Berkeley California Herbert Jones Men's Furnishings Token Brass, 31 mm, 9.19 gm Herbert Jones Men's Furnishings was a men's clothing store...
The coin was found next to a large black slab. :)
This Egyptian medallion is based on an Austria-Hungary Empire gold coin. [IMG] Egyptian Ladies Medallion Brass, 40 mm, 10.88 gm Obverse:...
Emperor Alexius (AD 1081-1118) had the misfortune to be the man in charge when the soldiers of the First Crusade passed through Byzantium in AD...
John Wayne and Sophia Loren visit Leptis Magna, the birthplace of Septimius Severus, for their 1957 film "Legend of the Lost". [IMG] Leptis Magna...
Black rock trivia: [IMG] This large black "rock" in San Francisco is a 1969 sculpture by Masayuku Nagare which was installed at the headquarters...
Nice find! I wonder if some of those coins made it to America? :)
[IMG] Elagabalus Denarius Syrian Priest Silver, 21 mm, 3.76 gm, Catalog: RIC 46 Struck: AD 221 Rome The star with the elongated tail is believed...
A rehearsal for an upcoming episode of "Pawn Stars"? :)
[IMG] Hungary 20 Korona 1897 Gold, 21 mm, 6.75 gm Obverse: Emperor Franz Joseph I. standing FERENCZ.JÓZSEF I.K.A.CS ÉS M.H.S.D.O.AP.KIR 1897...
Interesting post! I suppose that the coins and aluminum tokens were part of an ornament. I recently achieved one of my numismatic goals. I had...
[IMG] United States Gold $5 1900 This coin is unlikely to get a high grade from a grading company but I like it anyway. :)
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