During the Crusades, Islamic coins were so well made that the Crusaders made imitations of them, including the original Islamic inscriptions....
This one spoke to me: [IMG] United States Millard Fillmore Dollar 2010 NGC :)
A new favorite, at least for a while: [IMG] United States dollar 1849 My first gold dollar, Philadelphia mint, open wreath variety. :)
Nice little coin from far off Egypt. Egypt Silver 2 Piastres (Qirsh) AH 1293 Regnal year 22 The AH date is 1293+22-1 or AH 1314. The AD date is...
The commission took two steps toward issuing a set of four curved coins in 2019 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon....
Cup coins, bowl coins, dish coins... :)
A Byzantine cup-shaped coin for those who can't wait for the 2019 US Apollo coins...
The Byzantine Empire made these cup-shaped gold coins called Hyperpyrons from AD 1092 to 1352. These coins circulated far outside the Empire,...
An early version of a cup-shaped coin? :)
The Papal States soldo counterstamp refers to the 10th century "anti-pope" Boniface VII. It's a neat item. :)
My father was born in January 1911 in San Francisco. This coin is as close as I can get to the year: [IMG] United States $20 1910-S :)
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Another reason for buying a particular coin. Walt Disney had a Spanish Potosi eight reales "cob" dated 1685. Now, thanks to Sedwick Coins of...
Zinc cents weigh around 2.5 grams and copper cents weigh around 3.1 grams. :)
It appears that they have returned after seven years. :)
(My pictures from the previous post seem to have disappeared) :)
Bhutan 1/2 rupee. :)
One note about GIF files, they are limited to 256 colors. :)
Beautiful old-fashioned handwriting on the last two envelopes with the Canada Victoria cents. :)
There were two Fays, Anna Eva Fay and her daughter-in-law Eva Fay, and they both issued tokens. Here's an article with a photograph of Anna Eva...
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