The 2012 June 24 show was apparently cancelled. :(
Lots of commemorative items were produced to honor this event, some of high quality and some others. [IMG] Apollo 11 Medal - Medallic Arts...
I wrote a term paper for a high-school class in 1964 on this subject. When the price of silver went up due to the Vietnam war inflation, the US...
Really beautiful piece of medieval art. :)
Not sure what to make of this Ebay item for sale: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130711113088 :)
Do they make one with a cockroach on it? :)
His possessions are also illuminating - a musket ball is lodged in his chest; where a pocket would have been are some 20 coins, a rifle flint and...
The emperor looks like Diocletian to me. :)
Oddly enough, I have one just like it, from Forum Ancient Coins: [IMG] Julius Caesar - Denarius - Elephant Elephant right trampling on...
This was one of the coins that got me started in 1964, I bought it directly from the Vienna Mint along with some proof sets and Maria Theresa...
Here's another strange Ebay item: A 4000-year old Sumerian head: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190683538946 :)
These items used to be sold at coin shows. I have a similar one with Mussolini's pal which I bought at a show in the 1960's. Total fantasy....
Dahlonega Mint? :)
That is a nice find! The "Go" is the Mexican mint of Guanajuato. The "PJ" is the mint assayer, a mint official. These coins circulated in...
The article gives no details about the coins found, and no pictures. Roman coins circulated far beyond the borders of the Roman Empire. They...
It looks to me like one of the replica coins sold at historic sites. :)
We had a long discussion of these KKK (Ku Klux Klan) items before: http://www.cointalk.com/showthread.php?t=159218 :)
Here's the first one: PAYS-BAS MERIDIONAUX, Cu jeton, 1686, J.B. de Visscher de Celles. Droit : IN CRVCE SALVS Ecu heaumé. Revers : ORITVR ET...
The San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge is going to have a 75th anniversary celebration this month. The Golden Gate Exposition was a World's Fair...
It is probably an advertising token. :)
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