I sent the book to the Newman Numismatic Portal on October 30, 2017 and they have added it to their online database. The book is now on the...
Kaiser Bill's father Frederick III, champion beard: [IMG] Germany Prussia 10 Marks 1888-A (Berlin) - Frederick III FRIEDRICH DEUTSCHER KAISER...
Another movie prop piece identified, this time from the 2010 film "True Grit". [IMG] True Grit (2010) gold piece The prop piece in the film...
The 1939 film "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" features a prop coin shown mostly from it's side which took some time to identify. The film is about...
In India they call American Indians "Red Indians". :)
One of the more interesting American made coins, this time for China via Mexico. In 1949 the San Francisco Mint struck 2,000,000 and the Mexico...
Nice token. I have a couple of these also. :)
Re: Wehwalt's tokens These are nice tokens! The top left token is Mengin of Paris or Crayon Mengin, an 1860's French token issued by a street...
Things I learn from numismatics. There are beavers in Europe. :)
The 2017 Universal Pictures film "A Dog's Purpose", is a fantasy film about a dog who is reincarnated several times with different human owners....
We have finally heard from the "Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm". :)
Are the designers of these strange coins with even stranger images trying to tell us something? :)
Some of these films with coins are on my website under "Coins in Movies". These include "Somewhere in Time" (1980), "Gangs of New York" (2002),...
Congratulations. I saw the Ebay "Phebe" listing and noted that it had the description "2 birds". :)
[IMG] Greece Athens Classical Owl Tetradrachm Obverse: Head of Athena right, three small upright olive leaves Reverse: Legend AΘE, owl leaning...
The designers probably needed the 32mm diameter to get their message across to the public. These tokens are pretty thin and they didn't use much...
I consulted my advisors and bought this one: [IMG] Fays Mascot Anna Eva Fay Token Bronze, 32mm, 10.33gm, irregular shape Obverse: Sitting figure...
Coin World has images of the design candidates:...
It's nice to see the subject of one's coin sitting outside one's window. I live in a suburb of San Francisco in a somewhat rural community. In...
Has anyone here actually been to Niue? :)
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