[IMG] Portugal 10 Escudos 1940 Silver, 30.0 mm, 12.67 gm The obverse has ships which have faint "Order of Christ" crosses on their sails. The...
Abdul Hamid II of Turkey had quite a mustache also: [IMG] Abdul Hamid II Illustration Size: 7" x 10" (17.6 mm x 25.1 mm) :)
My father collected postcards and drawings and had these two printed fanciful illustrations of Turkey's Sultan Abdul Hamid II with harem girls...
Two shillings from Good King James: [IMG] Britain James I (1603-1625) shilling Silver, 30 mm, 5.69 gm Struck London Tower Mint 1604-1605...
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I have one too: [IMG] Austria 8 Florin / 20 Francs 1892 Gold, 21.0 mm, 6.45 gm :)
Walt Disney's 1950's television program "The Mickey Mouse Club", the 1956 "Hardy Boys" serial "The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure", and a...
Burying it isn't safe either. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Atherton-buried-car-Home-s-former-owner-has-17525310.php :)
In 1987 in Cairo I received 10 of the 5 piastre coins in change. :)
The France Marianne-Rooster coin appeared on a French 1915 World War One poster: [IMG] French World War One poster with coin The poster shows a...
The 2005 film "The Greatest Game Ever Played" is about a 1913 golf tournament where a young American player played against two British players....
Al-Hakim (Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah) became the Caliph of Egypt at the age of 11 in AD 996. Reportedly his mother was a Christian slave. Due to his...
From CBS News: Britain's Royal Mint has unveiled the first coins to feature the portrait of King Charles III. Britons will begin to see Charles'...
I had an interesting Coinstar find today. The local supermarket Coinstar machine has produced less material since it was moved next to the...
A butt of Malmsey anyone? :)
The medal set was probably advertised in 1992 coin magazines. :)
I have a few British sovereigns (and some guineas) but this one is special: [IMG] Great Britain Sovereign 1963 Gold, 22.0 mm, 8.0 gm In the 1963...
My identifications are: Coin 1: Tibet 1 Sho, Krause: Y-21, Date: 15-59 (1925) Coin 2: Tibet 7.5 Skar, Krause: Y-20, Date: 15-56 (1922) Coin 3:...
My grandmother pulled a 1937 3-leg nickel out of circulation in the late 1940's. :)
I would suspect that coin collectors wanting to own gold coins were much more limited by their finances than by any gold ownership regulations. I...
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