The Romans buried their coins. That is why there are so many around thousands of years later. :)
Your item might be related to these items, Egyptian Magic Coins: [IMG] The coin shows Egyptian symbols on both sides, one side has a pharoah...
Did Zorro get a hold of that Spanish Maravedis coin? :)
[IMG] Afghanistan 1 Afghani SH 1383 (AD 2004) :)
Even the Egypt Magic Coins can be toned, judging from this example. [IMG] Definite NT not AT (naturally toned not artificially toned)....
From Emesa, but earlier emperor: [IMG] Antoninus Pius - Provincial AE - Sacred Black Stone of Emesa Syria Laureate bust right AVT KAI TI...
I suppose that since 1900 the largest circulating coin might be Mexico's 40mm Cuauhtemoc 5 Peso silver coin struck in 1947 and 1948. [IMG] :)
I bought my dream Roman coin almost two years ago, an aureus of my favorite emperor, one of the "good guys". :)
Real nice coin! :)
Still Big Max: [IMG] Maximinus Thrax Denarius Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG Salus seated left, feeding...
[IMG] "Speak softly and carry a big stick" :)
I never said that this was a mint error. I just asked whether the damage might be accidental or deliberate. The more I think about it, it...
I found this large cent in a coin dealer's junk box and bought it because the date was 100 years before my birth year. [IMG] United States...
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It looks like a brass dancer costume imitation coin. The language is meaningless Arabic script, not Turkish. :)
The above link (docstoc) wants a LOGIN to view the article. I remember from some time in the 1960's somebody wrote to a coin magazine asking...
Olympic Gold Medals Are Made Up Mostly of Silver Next week in London, athletes from around the world will go for the gold. But as it turns out,...
There is no way to tell the 1949 Sun Yat Sen dollar resrikes from the 1934 originals. The original 1934 dies were made in Philadelphia and were...
Be sure of what? :)
The Sun Yat Sen dollar, if authentic, could have been made in America. In 1949 the three US mints struck 30,000,000 of them for the Republic of...
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