Here is an article from Numismatic News on these items which uses the word "novodel" along with photographs:...
Doctor Thomas Dooley was a celebrity when I was in junior high school in the early 1960's. There was a curious incident where I filled out a...
My bad. :)
When I saw the title "silver penny" I thought the thread was about a medieval coin. :)
Here's an Ebay seller attempting to sell the silver Liberty Bell Mint medal....
I get vertigo just looking at the picture Just think of the fun Alfred Hitchcock would have had at Stone Mountain. :)
Probably some kid's coin collection. :)
Third man arrested for burglary of Rob Gronkowski’s house...
Remember the "Three million stolen nickels" from 2005?...
Coming to a Coinstar machine near you! :)
A Leprechaun's coin? :)
I always liked your Charles V coin (the carolus). :)
The 1923/93 coin is a gold bullion coin about the same size as a British sovereign. Here are Turkish Mint figures up to 2013:...
By coincidence, this little item arrived on May 3, 2015 just before the Mexican holiday "Cinco de Mayo", which celebrates the Mexican Army victory...
I collected world coins when I was a kid in the 1960's but never managed to get one from Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, then a Portuguese colony off...
There are several threads here and on other forums discussing the rarity of women in numismatics. My grandmother was a coin collector, of US...
The question was answered on another forum. The tolerance for copper cents is plus or minus 0.13 from 3.11 grams, or 2.98 to 3.24 grams. Now...
I received this 1982-D Lincoln cent in change a couple of days ago. I save the copper Lincoln cents and know that in 1982 the US mints made both...
They are still around: https://www.ebay.com/itm/DC-SACHS-PURE-24K-GOLD-Limited-Edition-US-10-Banknote-/292265111724 :)
Posted before but another encased cent from New York's Stork Club: [IMG] Stork Club New York encased 1945 Lincoln cent Obverse and reverse:...
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