An interesting biography is Too Rich: The High Life and Tragic Death of King Farouk by William Stadiem. A fascinating story published in 1991 but...
This is the first "love token" that I have found in a movie. Love Tokens are coins which have engravings applied to one side. They were popular...
Not coin collecting? Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski isn’t planning to show up for the team’s voluntary offseason workouts, and he isn’t shy...
[IMG] "24-carrot gold?" "Where?" :)
Great article! I have had this Soter Megas coin since 2004. [IMG] Kushan Soter Megas (AD 80-100) Bronze Tetradrachm Obverse: Bust with radiate...
Is it a medal or a coin? I bought this little gem in 1981 for $340. [IMG] American Arts Commemorative Series one oz. gold medal - Mark Twain...
In May of 2017 I found two 1943 steel cents in the local Coinstar machine, one Philadelphia mint and one San Francisco. :)
Now entering the Twilight Zone of Numismatics with cup-shaped coins commemorating humbugs: [IMG] "Submitted for your approval" :)
Looking closer, I believe there is a "war nickel" in the second picture (in front of the quarter on it's edge). :)
The episode of the long-running American CBS television show "Twilight Zone", "A Penny for Your Thoughts", first broadcast on February 3, 1961,...
A personal favorite: [IMG] Devil's Tower National Monument Medal Bronze, 44mm, 50.94gm Obverse: Prairie dog standing - PRAIRIE DOG Reverse:...
This was my first US gold coin bought back in 1964 for $50. [IMG] United States $20 1927 I still have it. :)
Latest Coinstar find, an elongated cent from Monterey, California. [IMG] Elongated cent - Monterey, California The coin is recent zinc model as...
The Roman Lucius Verus fantasy coin: [IMG] Lucius Verus Sestertius Chariot - Tourist Fake (fantasy coin) Bronze, 38mm, 18.10gm, Catalog: None...
Some President James Monroe movie prop coins. They were manufactured by the Los Angeles Rubber Stamp company for film studios starting in the...
The 1958 Twentieth Century Fox film "The Long Hot Summer" has a Mississippi man who thinks that he has found a Confederate treasure but discovers...
The silver dollars led to the arrest. "Within 30 minutes of sending out the alert I received a call from PNG dealer Dave Pepe, owner of Pilgrim...
I got this little item around the time that the US gold Kennedy half dollars were being sold. [IMG] France gold double Louis d'Or 1786-A (Louis...
British sovereigns were legal tender in the Confederate States. From The Statutes at Large of the Provisional Government of the Confederate...
The "sovereign" is probably a British gold sovereign, worth around five dollars then. :)
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