My grandmother bought these decorative plates shortly after World War II: [IMG] Five-star admirals and generals, and President Roosevelt to make...
Emperor Alexius had the misfortune to be the man in charge when the soldiers of the First Crusade passed through Byzantium leaving a lot of...
Since we are not getting a commemorative coin honoring the centennial of the start of (alcohol) Prohibition I guess we are not getting one to...
I have had this Guatemala coin since around 1964 and it looks like the reverse is double-struck. [IMG] Guatemala silver 50 cents 1962 Silver, 30...
This tiny gold coin is possibly the smallest modern machine-struck coin ever made. [IMG] Guatemala 4 Reales 1860 Obverse: Rafael Carrera facing...
"and one which was sent for publication we felt justified in declining to print" I would like to see that one. :)
I received this price list of coins from the South Africa Mint in Pretoria in 1964 and used it to order some uncirculated coins. I did not have...
I have bought many coins from several Vcoins dealers and have had no problems. :)
[IMG] City of Besançon silver Carolus 1542 Silver, 19 mm, 1.44 gm Obverse: Crowned bust of Charles V facing left / CAROLVS V IMPERATOR Reverse:...
These coins are being issued from East to West. I wonder what California will have left to use as an "innovation". :)
I also have a United States 1861-O half dollar purchased in 2012. It is not graded but it would grade about VF-35. [IMG] United States half...
He's got the whole world in his hands: [IMG] Antoninus Pius Aureus - Standing with Globe Obverse: Laureate head right - ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P...
[IMG] Bolivia Tiajuanaco statue [IMG] Bolivia Tiajuanaco statue :)
[IMG] Mexico Peso 1949 Restrike of 1898 peso During the summer of 1949 the San Francisco Mint struck 2,000,000 and the Mexico City Mint struck...
I had a summer job in Washington DC in 1970 and attended this coin show one day. [IMG] Washington D.C. Coin Show 1970 Wooden Nickel Obverse:...
That second mohur is beautiful. As an exercise I was able to read the coin including the mint. :)
I bought several Mughal India coins recently and spent some time attempting to read the Arabic text on them with the help of Richard Plant's book...
Great article! :)
I have this coin from the Islamic Samanid empire which is as large as a US silver dollar and have been researching it while staying at home....
[IMG] Syracuse Sicily Bronze Tetras Octopus Bronze, 15.4 mm, 3.84 gm, Catalog: SNG Cop 653 Struck: BC 425-420 Syracuse mint Obverse: Head of...
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