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,...
It confuses the heck out of people to mix English and Latin. :)
Let's all wise up! [IMG] :)
Here he is, reimaged for 2018, the man himself! [IMG] Antoninus Pius Aureus - Standing with Globe Obverse: Laureate head right - ANTONINVS AVG...
[IMG] Britain sovereign 1963 :)
[IMG] What is your question? :)
On a nice day I might get fifty cents for this: [IMG] :)
LM, Congratulations on your Islamic-Christian gold coin. In AD 1250 Pope Innocent IV (AD 1243-1254) ordered Crusaders to stop making gold coins...
I am fascinated by books written by long-ago explorers and I recently read the 1925 book My Life as an Explorer by Sven Hedin. Sven Hedin...
Possibly somebody at the mint made a mistake in the year. :)
I have never found a small dollar coin in a Coinstar or similar machine. :)
Great website! Like many people here I have a Stone Mountain half dollar. The section on production problems was most interesting. Possibly the...
The coin is ordinary. [IMG] The holder is not. :)
Imagine the history behind this coin. :)
Made by George Simcox in his brass foundry in Birmingham. :)
Re: The Mill Valley Masonic penny That token is a very rare one as Mill Valley in Marin County is a small town and consequently had a small...
Thank you for posting this. I remember sometime in the mid 1950's sending off 25 cents and some cereal box tops for a similar item but never...
This is an Egyptian Revival token similar to the "Egyptian Magic Coin" and probably inspired by the "King Tut" craze of the 1920's. This...
This story might be inspired by the "plague coins" story where a bunch of ancient coins are dug up from a plague gravesite. :)
Another wild turkey on a coin: The small country of Andorra issued this coin in 2002: [IMG] Andorra brass 5 cèntims 2002 Gall Fer or...
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