These are very interesting medals. They were manufactured before the US imposed controls on the critical war metals copper and nickel. :)
I am consulting my advisors. [IMG] :)
In 2010 the US Mint released the Boy Scouts Commemorative dollar which featured a girl. [IMG] United States dollar 2010 Boy Scouts commemorative...
This token has been on my wish list since August 30, 2013 when I visited the ruins of the Byron Hot Springs Hotel and Resort. I finally got one....
Re: The 1838 French coin: These coins circulated in America as money. In 1891 two prospectors near California's Donner Lake found a cache of...
The 1938 MGM film "Marie Antoinette" is loosely based on the life of 18th century French queen. Actress Norma Shearer plays Marie Antoinette and...
Since the date AH 1233 is important, I would prefer number 1 as the date is clearer than on number 2. It would not bother me if the coin had done...
In the old days coins really circulated. [IMG] Spanish America 2 Reales 1776 Mexico City mint (Silver, 27mm, 5.66gm) This worn coin weighs 5.66...
Several years ago the Krause catalog made a more serious error: [IMG] Andorra Brass 5 Cèntims 2002 Capercaillie or Gall Fer (A big European bird,...
A similar Greta Garbo prop coin without the Swedish legend appears in the 1945 MGM film "Yolanda and the Thief". [IMG] Yolanda and the Thief...
"cryptocurrency"? Sounds like science fiction. :)
Using diamonds as money is an old topic. It was an idea used in the 1951 film "The Day the Earth Stood Still". A visitor arrives in Washington...
Lord Marcovan, the Ancient Greece (Ionia, Phokaia) electrum hekte looks real nice! :)
In the 1933 MGM film "Queen Christina", Swedish actress Greta Garbo plays the medieval Swedish queen, who, among other things, liked to dress as a...
In 2015 and 2016 I received emails from Community Films, a Minnesota-base television program producer. They stated that they had seen and liked my...
I have my own Roswell coin: [IMG] Masonic Penny, Roswell, New Mexico Bronze, 32mm Masons and Aliens: "We had to let them in. They knew the Sign...
[IMG] Honduras 1 Lempira 1937 Silver, 31mm, 12.36gm :)
Ask him if he will stake a fellow American to a meal. :)
From the Azores across the ocean to Portugal: [IMG] Portugal Ceitil Alphonso V 1438-1481 (Alfonso V) Very thin copper coin 20mm, 1.70gm A ceitil...
The second coin: Transylvania One Kreutzer Bronze 1762-K Maria Theresa. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces15634.html :)
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