[IMG] Mexico Peso 1949 Restrike of 1898 peso During the summer of 1949 the San Francisco Mint struck 2,000,000 and the Mexico City Mint struck...
I had a summer job in Washington DC in 1970 and attended this coin show one day. [IMG] Washington D.C. Coin Show 1970 Wooden Nickel Obverse:...
That second mohur is beautiful. As an exercise I was able to read the coin including the mint. :)
I bought several Mughal India coins recently and spent some time attempting to read the Arabic text on them with the help of Richard Plant's book...
Great article! :)
I have this coin from the Islamic Samanid empire which is as large as a US silver dollar and have been researching it while staying at home....
[IMG] Syracuse Sicily Bronze Tetras Octopus Bronze, 15.4 mm, 3.84 gm, Catalog: SNG Cop 653 Struck: BC 425-420 Syracuse mint Obverse: Head of...
The two Roosevelt-Capitol tokens are different in other ways. Mine has a horizontal line under the capitol building and a different font for...
I have a similar Roosevelt token but it has a dirigible on the reverse also. [IMG] Franklin D. Roosevelt "Lucky Tillicum" Coin - US Capitol and...
British gold sovereigns are still being minted without denominations. :)
These unusual "wallets" meant for carrying British gold coins in the 1800's appeared in these two films. "The Card" was a British film released...
A writeup of this episode (with pictures) is on my website under "Coins on Television" along with the Hawaii 5-0 episode about "The $100,000...
I remember these two coins issued by Japan to commemorate the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. [IMG] Japan 1000 Yen 1964 Olympics Silver 35mm [IMG] Japan...
[IMG] Roman Empire - Emperor Nero Sestertius - Roma Seated Bronze, 33 mm, 22.48 gm, Catalog: RIC 356 Struck: AD 67 Rome Obverse: Laureate head...
Here is a similar coin: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/771ad-islamic-silver-coin-al-mansur-1911765484 :)
Another Elagabalus coin: [IMG] Elagabalus Denarius Syrian Priest Silver, 21 mm, 3.76 gm, Catalog: RIC 46 Struck: AD 221 Rome Obverse: Horned,...
An interesting post and topic and not too long after all. I wonder what the situation was in California. I have never heard of a California...
A common Louis XVI coin: [IMG] France gold double Louis d'Or 1786-A (Louis XVI) Gold, 28mm, 15.24gm Slightly smaller and lighter than a United...
I saw one of these Art Deco Turkish Republic coins in the Istanbul Museum and had to get one. [IMG] Turkey 100 Kurush 1934 Silver, 30 mm, 11.88...
From Coin World: In a bid to help contain the spread of the coronavirus, the NCAA canceled the entire men’s basketball tournament, and with it, a...
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