Beautiful coin! I have some Mughal coins of later emperors and have enjoyed attempting to read the Arabic inscriptions (Persian) while staying...
I remember a movie I saw on television once called "A Kid for Two Farthings". :)
[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...
Watch the skies. Everywhere. Keep looking. Keep watching the skies. :)
The coin looks like an Afghanistan rupee minted in the late 1800's. :)
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I believe that the Grace Kelly medal is real. I have some San Francisco school medals from the early 1900's inscribed with the names of...
Now if someone gave the "Anglo Saxon gold cross" referenced above to the Salvation Army, well, that would be a news story. :)
The note has the date March 16, 1936. Edward VIII was the king of England then. :)
I feel like this little fellow about Spanish dollars. [IMG] Spain 5 Pesetas "Duro" 1888 - Alfonso XIII Silver, 38 mm, 24.73 gm :)
Are there Coinstar machines in England? :)
Queen Mary I of England (AD 1553-1558) [IMG] England Mary I Groat Silver, 25 mm, 2.02 gm Obverse: Crowned bust of Mary facing left MARIA...
Doctor, are you being nosy? :)
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Nice coin! :)
Afghanistan, Abdur Rahman, 1 Qiran, Herat mint, AH 1297 (AD 1880) Here is one very much like it:...
[IMG] Portugal 5 Escudos 1943 Silver, 25.0 mm, 7.0 gm Portugal managed to stay neutral and out of the active war. :)
A good day at the Coinstar machine: About US $4 in quarters and US $1 in dimes. Keepers: Canada 25 cents 1988, China Peoples Republic steel 1...
I found this coin in a CoinStar-type machine reject bin in 2015: [IMG] The coin was probably altered with a file to pass as a dime in a vending...
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...
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