Nice coins! :)
A very nice old Moroccan coin! Mark Twain encountered one of these Moroccan gold coins in 1867 during his trip to Europe and the Middle East:...
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...
A Black As from Antoninus Pius: [IMG] Antoninus Pius As Bronze, 26 mm, 11.72 gm, Catalog: RIC 900a Cohen 729 Struck: AD 152-153 Rome Obverse:...
My Alexius I coin: [IMG] Alexius AE Follis Christ Bronze, 14x24 mm, 2.96 gm Struck: AD 1081-1085 Constantinople Obverse: Christ facing with cross...
The coin looks like one of these for sale at this belly dance costume store:...
"Semiquincentennial" Why am I reminded of "Mary Poppins"? :)
Queen Mary of Scotland had an interesting life too. :)
Tonga became famous in numismatics in 1962 when Queen Salote Tupou III had gold coins issued by the British Royal Mint that were packed in pretty...
East India Company - Bengal Presidency It might be Krause KM 56 Shah Alam copper Pice regnal year 37 Minted at Calcutta for several years with the...
A coin from France's "Spider King" Louis XI (1461-1483): [IMG] France Louis XI Ecu d'Or Gold, 27 mm, 3.34 gm, Perpignan Mint Obverse: Shield with...
Added missing third picture with more money. :)
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...
[IMG] Israel 500 Prutah 5709 (AD 1949) Silver, 37 mm, 24.94 gm According to the Numista website these coins were not placed into circulation....
I just watched the Roy Rogers program. Pretty interesting story, mentions the 1933 order to turn in gold coins. The counterfeit $20 coins in the...
Two notes on previous posts: A similar Greta Garbo prop coin without the Swedish legend appears in the 1945 MGM film "Yolanda and the Thief"....
A similar Greta Garbo prop coin without the Swedish legend appears in the 1945 MGM film "Yolanda and the Thief". [IMG] Yolanda and the Thief...
It is not for sale. :)
Caliph Harun al-Rashid (AD 786-809) was the caliph of the "Arabian Nights" or "One Thousand and One Nights". [IMG] Abbasid Dinar Harun al-Rashid...
Several years ago when I was selling minor foreign coins on Ebay, I receive a bid retraction notice. The bidder had bid $3817.00 and changed it...
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