In the early 1980's the San Francisco Zoo posted signs around the penguin exhibit asking people not to throw "pennies" into the pond as the new...
I have seen similar coins called Chinese silver taels. Many are fakes not made of silver and need to be examined closely. :)
I thought that "Pokemon Coin" meant this item: [IMG] Egyptian Magic Coin - Pokemon or Helen Trent version Nickel or nickel-plated steel, 32mm,...
The larger token with the bird and "10" is a Radiant Eagle game counter. :)
I uploaded the film to my "Coins in Movies" website. :)
I could not find any other threads on CoinTalk for the film. About the quarter displays in the film, which were of many more coins than the...
I watched the Netflix film "Coin Heist" about a week ago and am debating whether to add it to my "Coins in Movies" website. Most of the films on...
While waiting to see the Netflix film "Coin Heist" that everyone is raving about and watching the rain fall, and it being Elvis' birthday, I had...
And this just in: Solomon Islands strikes JFK commemorative $1 Coin By Solomon Times /Pasifik - January 10, 2017 BULLION Exchanges and the...
Here is the listing text for all of us: The listing was for a "1910 US Gold 2.50 Quarter Eagle awesome looking coin": IF THIS LOOKS PATCHY ITS...
China had a complicated monetary system in the 1920's and here is a description of how it functioned in the remote province of Kansu (Gansu)....
I haven't seen a television advertisement for a coin show but in January 2015 our local Concord California show received some television news...
Another 1898-S Double Eagle: [IMG] United States $20 1898-S Supposedly the gold used to make these coins came from the Klondike and Alaska gold...
The reverse looks more like a commemorative for "Theodore Roosevelt's Trip to Africa". :)
The progression used to be Master Mason to Scottish Rite or York Rite Mason to the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine...
Maybe I shouldn't bring this up but how is one going to weigh the individual coins? :)
Walter was kind of a hippie then, maybe he lived at Olompali. :)
[IMG] England Silver Sixpence 1561 Elizabeth I Obverse: Crowned bust of Elizabeth facing left with a rose behind her head ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET...
Drake allegedly left an inscribed plate of brass and an Elizabeth sixpence in Northern California in 1579. :)
I was a kid in the early 1960's and thought it was neat to hold an 80-year old coin. :)
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