Ancient coin from Judaea of the Bar Kokhba War (AD 132-135), however it might be a recent imitation. How big is it and what metal does it...
Alexander the Great of Macedonia - Gold Stater - Babylon [IMG] Helmeted head of Athena facing right with griffin or serpent on helmet Nike...
It's gone now. :)
I picked this up at a coin show today for $1.00: [IMG] Romania 100 Lei 1993 MIHAI VITEAZUL Michael the Brave (1558-1601) I really like...
One can observe the deterioration of 1933-1945 coins from silver to zinc as things went bad. Political note: I refuse to collect coins from...
Here's mine: [IMG] Athens Attic Classical Owl Tetradrachm Obverse: Head of Athena right with beaded necklace Reverse: Owl leaning right,...
Interesting item :)
Things change, things stay the same Fake Coins Catch-On, Ingenue Magazine, 1964 From the September 1964 issue of Ingenue, a magazine for...
I think that the clerk was having fun at the OP's expense. :)
The closest match that I can find is RIC 251. From Wildwinds: http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/antoninus_pius/t.html [IMG] Antoninus...
I have seen aluminum tokens like these, probably merchandise premiums. :)
I posted a writeup on CoinTalk separately of my favorite coin-related television episode, the 1996 "Law & Order" episode entitled "Survivor"...
Law & Order Episode "Survivor" with Karen Allen, about ancient coin collectors, and "Roman Cleopatras". This episode is one of the best...
It is in the Krause Catalog of World Coins, number KM# 457. Weight 13.33gm, 0.300 (30%) silver. :)
Novelty item. I remember pennies in the 1960's with punched pictures of Kennedy. :)
Picture, please?
Here's what the 1888 10 Mark coin looks like: [IMG] I believe that it was a one-year coin. See this post for the reason I bought it:...
My father saved a whole bunch of them in the 1930's and I put pictures of some of them on my website (below). See "State Sales Tax Tokens". :)
I posted one here in October 2009: http://www.cointalk.com/t75285 [IMG] Supposedly the color of the box is not significant. :)
They didn't exactly hit it out of the park with Barry Bonds, either. :)
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