Antoninus Pius is my favorite Roman Emperor and when I had the funds to purchase an aureus, I bought this one: [IMG] Antoninus Pius Aureus "Rome...
B. Traven on Gold: From The Treasure of the Sierra Madre by B. Traven, published in 1935. Anyway, gold is a very devilish sort of a thing,...
Thank you SensibleSal66 for posting this video. I have never seen the 2006 film "The Prestige" before, but was able to get a DVD and watch the...
The diary was found by the family of one of Betsy Ross's descendants in Marin, California. It began with an unmarked, unremarkable box tucked in...
I received a 1945 Lincoln Cent in change recently from a local grocery store. :)
In the early 1960's I took a US dime and placed it between pieces of leather and started hammering. The dime grew from it's normal 18 mm size to...
Another one: [IMG] Germany Hamburg 4 Schillings 1728 Silver, 23 mm, 2.68 gm HAMBURGER CURRENT 1728 / IIII SCHILL The Hamburger Current...
[IMG] France Indochina Piastre 1931 Silver, 35 mm, 20.03 gm, 0.900 fine I had to purchase this coin in order to get an order total over $1500. :)
[IMG] Portugal 4 centavos 1919 :)
There are coins in the 1938 film "Boys Town", if anyone is interested. :)
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I managed to get one of these a few years ago; it is not in as nice shape as the OP's coin but here it is: [IMG] Peru Libra 1898 Gold, 22 mm,...
American ingenuity at it's best for 100 years: [IMG] Egyptian Magic Coin, manufactured in the early 1900's, colors added by hand. :)
A professional: [IMG] :)
I believe that it is some kind of "magic coin" or "good luck coin" token. :)
A cable channel ran the 1961 "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" television program episode titled "Services Rendered" which features a $1000 bill as part...
Another silent comedian, Harold Lloyd, had a Barber dime in one of his films: [IMG] Safety Last (1923) dimes Harold Lloyd also included Mercury...
I just watched the Stan Laurel film and added it to my "Coins in Movies" website. :)
A dance costume imitation coin. :)
In 2010 I received this coin from a Safeway Store change machine: [IMG] United States Cent 1912 The coin was 98 years old at the time. :)
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