I believe that it is some kind of "magic coin" or "good luck coin" token. :)
A cable channel ran the 1961 "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" television program episode titled "Services Rendered" which features a $1000 bill as part...
Another silent comedian, Harold Lloyd, had a Barber dime in one of his films: [IMG] Safety Last (1923) dimes Harold Lloyd also included Mercury...
I just watched the Stan Laurel film and added it to my "Coins in Movies" website. :)
A dance costume imitation coin. :)
In 2010 I received this coin from a Safeway Store change machine: [IMG] United States Cent 1912 The coin was 98 years old at the time. :)
A Portuguese Moidore: [IMG] Portugal 4000 Reis "Moidore" 1704 Gold, 29 mm, 10.71 gm, minted in Lisbon Moidores were favorite coins of pirates...
There were several parodies of the "Lincoln and Kennedy" story with differences between the men. :)
In 2018 I found an old book in a laundry room entitled My Life as an Explorer by Sven Hedin which was published in 1925. Sven Hedin was a wealthy...
One assumes that the previous owners of the coin never handled it, including King Farouk. :)
Two coins from Constantinople: [IMG] Justinian AE Follis Bronze, 30 mm, 17.98 gm, Struck: AD 527-538, Sear 158 Obverse: Justinian facing right, D...
This looks like an interesting television program: Alfred Hitchcock Presents, "Services Rendered", broadcast 1961 A man can't remember who he is,...
She was "executive advisor to the Lincoln Treasury"? :)
The coin year is Hebrew 5739 or AD 1979. :)
I have one too: [IMG] Portugal Cabo Verde Escudo 1930 :)
Both places have palm trees. :)
Two more Masonic Chapter Pennies from Massachusetts: [IMG] Masonic Chapter Penny, Newburyport, Massachusetts Bronze, 32mm, 12.53gm Obverse: KING...
The two items in the middle top and bottom are not coins but temple tokens. Temple tokens are sometimes copies of coins with parts of the legend...
I had wanted to have one of these big coins since I was a kid in 1964 when I saw one in R. S. Yeoman's book A Catalog of Modern World Coins. I...
The coin was for sale on Ebay. [IMG] Belgian Congo 2 francs 1943 Brass, 28x25 mm, 5.93 gm, Philadelphia Mint I do not mind the fingerprints....
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