New Zealand is a strange country. They have more cases of Legos up the nose than Coronavirus cases. :)
An old design returns: [IMG] France 50 Francs 1974 Silver, 41 mm, 29.88 gm A familiar looking statue: [IMG] France 100 Francs 1986 Silver, 31...
They go on sale at the US Mint website today:...
I would leave the coins in the slabs and sell them as is. Someone may want the slabs to complete their collection. :)
Thank you for the information. By the way, I have had this coin since 1965 when I was a teenager and found it in a coin dealer's foreign coin...
This British India quarter anna appears to have a brockage error on the reverse: [IMG] British India Quarter Anna 1907 Bronze, 25 mm, 4.83 gm,...
The Sphinx: [IMG] Antoninus Pius Provincial Egypt Bronze Drachm - Sphinx Obverse: Laureate head left, "AYT K T AIL ADP ANTWNINOC CEB EYC"...
About four years ago one of my relatives by marriage told me that her aunt had died. The aunt was elderly, had dementia, and had been buying...
I also have a Bohemond coin but not in as good shape: [IMG] Crusader State of Antioch, Bohemond III, AD 1163-1201 Billon silver, 17 mm, 0.59 gm :)
Islamic Mughal India coins. Some of them: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-to-do-at-home-mughal-islamic-coins-from-india.357730 :)
A French gros from Louis XI, the "Spider King" of France (AD 1461-1483), who kept wild turkeys as pets: [IMG] France Louis XI Gros de Roi...
This Coin World article may answer the 1964 clad coins question:...
Fascinating article. I have been reading Steven Runciman's History of the Crusades but haven't got to that part yet. :)
The king we all know and love: [IMG] Egypt 2 Piastres 1944 - King Farouk Silver, 19 mm, 2.8 gm :)
My Avatar Coin: [IMG] Maximinus Thrax Denarius Salus Obverse: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG Reverse: Salus...
When I was a kid in 1964 I started collecting world coins and used the book A Catalog of Modern World Coins by R. S. Yeoman, sixth edition,...
This looks like something out of Science Fiction: Officials are warning residents to not plant seeds sent from China. If you receive a package...
In the old days coins really circulated: [IMG] Spanish America 2 Reales 1776 Mexico City mint Silver, 27 mm, 5.66 gm This worn coin weighs 5.66...
A Caesar at Sweet Sixteen: [IMG] Roman Empire Sestertius - Emperor Nero - Roma Seated Bronze, 33 mm, 22.48 gm, Catalog: RIC 356 Struck: AD 67...
A local house is known as the "Chicken Ranch" as the owners keep a number of the birds. They have this little item on display, a bowl or cup with...
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