Beautiful old-fashioned handwriting on the last two envelopes with the Canada Victoria cents. :)
There were two Fays, Anna Eva Fay and her daughter-in-law Eva Fay, and they both issued tokens. Here's an article with a photograph of Anna Eva...
This is the more common "The Fays" token: [IMG] The Fays Mascot Egyptian Symbols Token Bronze, 32mm,, 6.23gm, irregular shape Obverse: Egyptian...
I like owls! The minimalist design resembles this classic coin: [IMG] Greece Athens Classical Owl Tetradrachm Struck around BC 430 :)
Interesting coin, token, or replica. It looks like this coin: Ludovico Maria Sforza Duke 1494-1499 Doppio Ducato Gold More information and a...
It could be a religious medal of St. Kunigunde of Luxemburg. There's a statue of her in Bamberg, Germany. This picture of the Bamberg statue...
These little German coins do get around. Inscriptions look like: MAX HE DG ARCH COL and SRI PR ELE VTR B DVX Bavaria and the Electorate of...
I wonder how many people saw this token and assumed that the figure was the Devil. I looked at the token with a magnifier before I posted and the...
This one has seen some service: [IMG] Elgin National Watch Father Time Token White metal, 30mm, 9.44gm Obverse: Father Time carrying timepiece...
I would buy a ticket to see "Little Egypt" perform. I understand it was quite a show. :)
The Pope has one: [IMG] Various medals including a John Palaeologus medal From the CBS Television network "60 Minutes" program on April 10, 2011...
The Eighteenth Amendment (alcohol prohibition) to the US Constitution was ratified in 1919 and that same year the US Congress passed the National...
Has anyone here visited Equatorial Guinea recently and seen these coins in circulation? :)
Morgan silver dollars are supposed to weigh around 26.73 gm. My grandmother lived near Reno and pulled these worn specimens out of circulation in...
Please supply pictures of the coin. :)
I have found a few in the local CoinStar machine here in California. :)
Another Bicentennial fad was to paint fire hydrants red-white-blue. Fire departments eventually began to object. :)
Nice set! [IMG] Antoninus Pius Aureus - Standing with Globe Obverse: Laureate head right ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP II Reverse: Antoninus wearing...
The 1990 film "Ghost" features this coin: [IMG] The coin is a Lincoln copper cent dated 1943-S. In the film, Patrick Swayze, the ghost,...
Re: the Byzantine gold tremissis: The figure on the reverse still looks like a girl dancing. :)
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