I have only one Scottish coin and I had it for 50 years, a copper turner from King Charles I: [IMG] Scotland Turner (two pence) Charles I Copper,...
They are still searching for that golden statue to make the coins from: [IMG] Mt. Everest climbers line up :)
The San Francisco Mint did offer tours in 1949 to members attending the ANA convention in August 1949. Mint guests were allowed to watch the mint...
My two arrived this week: [IMG] Germany Frankfurt Vereinsthaler 1862 (Silver, 33 mm, 18.50 gm) [IMG] Germany Prussia 5 Marks 1876-C (Frankfurt...
The OP's item is a Great Britain George III Spade Guinea Token. I have a similar token: [IMG] Great Britain Gaming Token, imitation of George...
I received this one in 2011: [IMG] Greece Athens Classical Owl Tetradrachm Obverse: Head of Athena right, three small upright olive leaves...
In this scene from the 1951 film "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman" Ava Gardner is in the house of an archaeologist and numismatist and looks at...
Interesting coin! Looks like it went through the French Revolution It may have also circulated in America as lots of European coins did. :)
The "Dont Worry Club" emblem on the token reverse was a generic design. [IMG] Kline Clothing of Los Angeles Dont Worry Club Good Luck Coin Brass,...
The plot thickens: Here is a picture of the film coin obverse: [IMG] Coin on casino roulette table The obverse text appears to be: FRIEDR....
Hus.thaler wrote: I've never seen that movie, but the coin sure looks to me like the Wilhelm I 5 mark of 1874-1876. Thank you for the...
[IMG] Ava Gardner It is possible that the MGM studio needed some "German" coins for the film and had them made specifically for the film. [IMG]...
The Ebay prohibition of the sale of Cuban coins is an Ebay corporate decision dating from 2013. It applies to all Cuban coins regardless of place...
In the four coin picture, the obverse vereinsthaler and the three reverses are about the same size. The obverse looks a little larger than the...
I hope that you still have the Byzantine Justinian gold tremissis. I just love the reverse! :)
Another scene with a vereinsthaler obverse and three coin reverses: [IMG] The coin reverses shown are not the reverses of vereinsthalers but are...
[IMG] :)
"The Great Sinner" is a 1949 film set around 1860 at the Wiesbaden casino in Germany. Gregory Peck meets Ava Gardner and she introduces him to...
The Cologne Cathedral in Germany has a small museum which includes coins that were found during restorations and excavations. [IMG] Cologne...
Membership approved! [IMG] This is my first Greek Owl coin from 2011: [IMG] Greek Attic Athens Classical Owl Tetradrachm Obverse: Head of...
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