The 2005 film "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" features a United States Peace silver dollar. The Wonka Candy Factory runs a contest where five...
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" was remade by Tim Burton in 2005 as "Charlie and the Chocolate...
The Arabic inscription says "I own a 1933 double eagle and you don't". :)
These items are usually manufactured by private companies as promotions, and are not worth much. I remember the local gas stations giving them...
I bought the coin after I returned to the United States. The only coins of any kind that I saw for sale in Istanbul were bullion coins and recent...
How to store ancient gold coins: Remember that most genuine ancient coins have been underground for hundreds of years. I bought this little...
The film was shot and set in Germany. :)
"Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" is a 1971 film about Charlie, a boy who wins a trip to a magical candy factory [IMG] Charlie is looking...
Septimius Severus, born April 11, AD 145, at Leptis Magna, North Africa (now Libya). Emperor of Rome AD 193-211. [IMG] Septimius Severus...
I saw immediately it wasn't Antoninus Pius. Looks like Marcus Aurelius RIC 20. Wildwinds:...
I guess our viewers are stuck with my photos. :)
The last one looks like a generic brass token. Some are worn, very worn, from being carried around by members as pocket pieces. This one is very...
There are hundreds of varieties of these "Masonic Pennies" tokens. You can find pages of them on Ebay. This is a "Masonic Penny", made for...
I guess it is the "National Rifle Association", but a British organization. :)
The 1941 RKO film "The Devil and Daniel Webster" is about an 1840 New Hampshire farmer who sells his soul to the Devil for wealth, then tries to...
Masonic "pennies" (coins) are not usually dated. Some have the year or date the lodge was founded. This is a "Masonic Penny", made for members...
[IMG] :)
I have a couple of coins from Theodosius I but they are not as nice as yours. :)
My grandmother got this 1948 foreign coin buying book in the 1950's: [IMG] Premium Catalog of Modern Foreign Coins S. Kellogg Stryker, Sole...
I saw the same story on some ancient coin forums, but it was an "Arab Sheik" doing the buying. :)
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