Finally, a Bird whose Time has Come: [IMG] :)
It's a coin from Iran: Iran 10 Rials KM# 1259 issued AH 1371-1376 This one is dated AH 1371 (AD 1992) :)
Is Leon with you? [IMG] :)
In the "Hawaii Five-O" episode "The $100,000 Nickel" about a 1913 nickel, McGarrett and Danno never booked the coin's owner, only the people who...
I finally got around to watching this film, which involves a modern-day treasure hunt in Africa for an 1865 Confederate battleship. The treasure...
Nice coin! I read somewhere that the Spinola family employed Christopher Columbus as their agent in Lisbon. :)
Eric Shipton was a British mountaineer in the 1930's. In 1934 he and a partner, H. W. Tilman, three Sherpas, and some porters went to find a way...
Sixty tons is about 2,000,000 US silver dollars or Mexican silver pesos. :)
My post with pictures is on my website under "Coins on Television". [IMG]
These Portuguese gold coins circulated all over the world, including the American colonies. They are mentioned in almanacs giving exchange values...
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Buy the coin and get the story. [IMG] Portugal Peca 5600 Reis 1750-R (Rio de Janiero mint) Size: 32mm Weight: 14.30gm (approx) Gold: 0.4215oz...
When I was a kid in the 1960's, I would sometimes order world coins by mail. Among them were coins from a place called "Reunion", which I had...
It's a movie star: http://www.cointalk.org/threads/coins-in-movies-willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory.226420 :)
Way back in 1964, Sharjah, one of the United Arab Emirates, issued this silver coin: [IMG] Sharjah 5 Rupees 1964 Memorial of John F. Kennedy :)
[IMG] "Say, mister. Will you stake a fellow American to a meal?" :)
I realize that this is an ordinary bullion coin but I had to have one. [IMG] United States Gold Buffalo 2013 - Uncirculated :)
These are state sales tax tokens. There were made to make change for the new sales taxes in some states. 10 mills were one cent. The federal...
Who ya calling ugly? [IMG] 2000 years apart: Left: Susan B. Anthony Right: Cleopatra VII, yes THAT Cleopatra The "Serpent of the Nile", seducer...
What is the diameter and weight of the original coin? :)
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