From Numismatic News, June 4, 2015: On June 4, Tom Jurkowsky, director of the Mint’s office of corporate communications, confirmed there will be...
Many of the coins could be World War II souvenirs. :)
Another suspect volcano for my Lava Coin, Mt. Etna: I received an email yesterday from an man in Italy who said that the lava rock was colored...
The Fremont token is way too old to be from Fremont, California as that town was founded in 1956. :)
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It appears to be a generic "Masonic Penny", and too worn to tell anything about it. :) :)
Belgian Gold Leopolds are not as well known as French Gold Napoleons. The term itself is found in only a few places; King Leopold II was not as...
The AliBaba site above advertises "Gold Plated 5 Dollars United States Baseball Coin", so it looks like one of those gold-plated "tribute" coins...
I have a (sort of) monthly budget and am waiting for August 1. :)
Ebay has it's own policy on Cuban coins. :)
I would like to see the Perry Mason episode with the 1963 $20 gold piece. There is a Confederate half dollar in a Perry Mason episode; it is...
A few months ago I was switching channels and saw a coin advertisement. This one was being done by Pat Boone. Yes, that Pat Boone, the 1950's...
I recently read a book titled The Miss Stone Affair : America's First Modern Hostage Crisis by Teresa Carpenter, which is about the 1901...
This medal was given to my father's uncle in 1895 by the San Francisco Schools for being the best student in his class. [IMG] It was called a...
Nice article! Knights Templar in America? Mort Reed was a long-time columnist for Coin World and newspapers. In 1969, in his "Money Clips"...
Will a Moon Rock be included? :)
Yes, 1655. :)
Looks like: Spain Copper 12 Maravedis 1665 issued under Philip :)
It is a little hard to read the regnal years but they look like: Left: Turkey Copper-nickel 40 para AH 1336 Regnal year 4 (AD 1921) Right: Turkey...
Will the Eisenhower set include a rounded golf ball shaped "coin"? :)
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