From 1934 to 1960, the Treasury Department considered showing coins and currency in films to be counterfeiting and banned film companies from...
The "Profile of Integrity" is from 1968. :)
I received one back in September 2010 from a Safeway grocery store. [IMG] :)
Here's A Profile of Integrity: [IMG] :)
It does look more like a Ptolemy. I found this ad in a 1964 issue of Ingenue, a magazine for teen-age girls: [IMG] Ingenue Magazine...
[IMG] [IMG] Not an exact match, but close. :)
Somehow got two posts for one. :)
Libya 2 Piastres 1952, King Idris I, Copper-Nickel, Krause KM 5. :)
[IMG] George Washington Masonic Memorial, Alexandria, Virginia - 1932 (32mm) PRESIDENT WORSHIPFUL MASTER / WASHINGTON WASHINGTON MASONIC...
Johnny Carson once started a similar rumor on his television show. Only it was toilet paper. Caused a run on the stores. :)
I have had these two small dime-sized silver coins since the 1960's when I rescued them from California coin dealers' "junk boxes". [IMG]...
Two ships! [IMG] French Somaliland 20 Francs 1952 :)
It looks like this Roman coin of Septimius Severus (AD 193-211) [IMG] Septimius Severus Denarius RIC 131 (RIC is "The Roman Imperial...
Sounds like a private issue box. I heard of the name Bickels when I was collecting in the 1960's. Pictures would help. South Africa Mint...
Thank you. I never noticed the "AND" before. The initials on the obverse "DH" could be "CH" with a scratch, they would then match the initials...
I posted this coin before and most responders thought that it was a "love token". But I wonder. Great Britain Gothic Florin 1873 with Initials...
I wish I knew where this hoard was... Why? :)
That is a very nice coin! :)
Busted! WALNUT CREEK, Calif. Posted: 12:30 am PDT July 21, 2011 A man wanted for the theft half a million dollars in rare coins has been...
The first is modern, might be an apothecary weight token or play money. :)
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