I received about ten of these in change from a hotel in Cairo in 1987: [IMG] Egypt 5 Piastres 1984 I liked the design - simple yet effective. :)
Elizabeth I was also known as the "Virgin Queen". As a queen she was a success. [IMG] England Silver Sixpence 1561 Elizabeth I :)
A coin from France's "Spider King" Louis XI (AD 1461-1483): [IMG] France Louis XI Ecu d'Or Gold, 27 mm, 3.34 gm, Perpignan Mint Obverse: Shield...
One learns something every day about early American numismatics. I did not know that the United States changed the size of the five dollar gold...
An Edward VIII fantasy crown for Southern Rhodesia: [IMG] Southern Rhodesia Fantasy Crown 1937 - Edward VIII Silver, 38mm, 23.98gm :)
My grandparents lived in Chicago in the 1950's and my grandfather was a salesman for a French company. In 1956 his company sent him and...
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...
It could be an undated 1/4 mohur of Mughal Akbar. :)
I managed to lose a GSA Carson City silver dollar which I bought during the sales of the early 1970's. I noticed the coin missing in the early...
This Antoninus Pius sestertius came cheap but provided me with days of fun trying to identify it as it was not listed in the RIC or Cohen Roman...
It looks like an Indian Islamic temple token and apparently there are many varieties. The Colonnade mosque series of Indian Islamic temple tokens...
Valence is a town in south-east France. The bishops of Valence had heard about the First Crusade (AD 1096-1099) and that the Crusaders would be...
The United States started minting the clad copper coins in 1965 specifically for vending machines. The copper matched the electronic conductivity...
This little 4" x 3" plastic coin saving bank is from the Cleveland Trust Company of Cleveland, Ohio. A friend showed it to me. It was full of old...
Richard I of England issued no coins for England as he spent little time there, mainly raising money for his crusading. He did issue coins for...
Excellent article! Here's my contribution, a Franklin D. Roosevelt presidential political token with the US Capitol and a dirigible on the...
[IMG] Crusaders Bishops of Valence Denier Billon Silver, 17 mm, 1.19 gm Struck at Valence in south-east France approximately AD 1096 to 1099...
He's writing about "worn" nickels. :)
[IMG] Kuwait 100 fils 1975 Copper-nickel, 26 mm, 6.5 gm :)
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