Strange story, but I think that the owner (US) was right in getting them back. :)
If the US government hadn't made the dollar coins, the money they saved could have kept the Arab wars going for one more day. Or even two...
It looks like a coin copy or "tourist fake" sold to tourists at ancient historical sites. I have a similar one for Lucius Verus which turned up...
The US Government has won similar cases involving "moon rocks". :)
There was a lot of publicity about that warehouse storing bags of dollar coins. I wonder if some crooks are planning the "heist of the...
It is too bad that Izzie Swift isn't around to get them into circulation. :)
I have had this medal for many years, it belonged to my father before me. [IMG] Samuel J. Bridge Medal GIFT OF SAMUEL J. BRIDGE /...
Aladdin's Castle video game arcade token. The company operated during the 1970's and 1980's. It now operates under a different name. :)
The coin on the left is a fantasy 1 Dinar coin supposedly issued for Yemen. The date is AH 1352 (AD 1933). Made at the Vienna Mint in 1965 by...
I bought one of the GSA Carson City silver dollars in 1974. Sometime it disappeared during a move in the early 1980's. I have the box and...
The finders are keeping the reverses secret for some reason. Why the cover-up? :)
I am even more sure that the group was a numismatic collection. Has anyone seen an image of the coin reverses? :)
Here's my Julian Bull: [IMG] Julian II AE - Bull Obverse: Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right DN FL CL IVLI-ANVS PF AVG...
They look like different varieties. Somebody's coin collection, perhaps? :)
[IMG] France 1 Sol 1791 - Louis XVI [IMG] France 1 Decime LAn7-A (1798) :)
The most interesting thing that I read about that show is that one of the cast members lost 100 lbs (weight, not British money). :)
I believe that the first AD dated coin was made in 1234 at Roskilde, Denmark. The date was in Roman numbers, MCCXXXIIII Many ancient Roman...
It is a crude imitation of a Venice Ducat Coin, possibly from India. Here is a real one: [IMG] More imitations here:...
My edition of Krause has the Finnish coin's bird as a capercaille. Finnish Turkey? :)
It might be a "Celtic Cross" or "Celtic Knot" token of some kind. Better pictures would help, along with the inscription text. :)
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