So many foreign coins had come to the United States brought back by service people that there were foreign coin buying guides printed. My...
The 1941 RKO film "The Devil and Daniel Webster" is about an 1840 New Hampshire farmer who sells his soul to the Devil for wealth, then tries to...
Your coin was once owned by King Farouk of Egypt. :)
The "Red Book" is A Guide Book of United States Coins by R. S. Yeoman is published every year by the Whitman Publishing Co. It has a red cover...
A footnote: The Greenland 1944 5 kroner coin was struck at the Philadelphia Mint for US servicemen stationed there and was worth US $1.00 at the...
I believe that the reverse inscription is similar to: ASCENDED THE THRONE JUNE 26 1830 :)
If it is around the size of a US 5 cent coin it may be a token for service station arcade games. :)
A 1912 Lincoln Cent received from a grocery store clerk in 2010: [IMG] United States Cent 1912 :)
The Southern Confederate States had to deal with foreign gold coins, too. From The Statutes at Large of the Provisional Government of the...
This one was minted for the 400th Anniversary of the Ducat: [IMG] Netherlands Ducat 1986 Gold, 21 mm, 3.47 gm :)
My oldest coin the good old Owl: [IMG] Athens Classical Owl Tetradrachm Silver, 23 mm, 17.18 gm, struck around BC 430 :)
The Clive of India coin NGC slab: [IMG] Clive of India Treasure Brazil 6400 Reis 1750-R :)
Sometimes a slab tells a story: [IMG] Clive of India Treasure Brazil 6400 Reis 1750-R Gold, 32 mm, 14.30 gm (approx), 0.4215 oz (0.917 fine) NGC...
One could call this Philippines 1903 peso "certified" by a Chinese merchant: [IMG] Philippines peso 1903-S with chopmarks. :)
This English shilling of Charles I could have made it to Maine by 1635: [IMG] England Shilling Charles I (1625-1649) Silver, 31 mm, 5.84 gm...
Greenland is Denmark's large mostly ice-covered island. It's emblem is the polar bear. Some coins from Greenland. [IMG] Greenland 50 Ore 1926...
Could the model for the coin be this lady? [IMG] French actress Michele Morgan (1920-2016) lived in California during World War II and made a...
American ingenuity at it's best for 100 years: [IMG] Egyptian Magic Coin, Colorized Manufactured early 1900's :)
I have several of the Italian "Flying Lady" coins: [IMG] The "flying lady" as a "cover girl": The coin was recognized as far back as 1948 when...
I would vote '9' on lordmarcovan's Sicily Guglielmo coin. I have a similar Crusader coin with Islamic legends: [IMG] Crusader Kingdom of...
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