The date looks like 1324 (AD 1946) and it would be silver. :)
As I climbed into the innermost part of the Great Pyramid of Egypt, the first human to ascend there in 4,000 years, the Pharoah of the Lamp said...
[IMG] "Mommy, mommy, we finally made it onto a coin!" [IMG] United States Dollar Coin 2013 - Wild Turkey, Wolf, Turtle :)
Tis a Lassie feeling free: [IMG] :)
Looks like one of the recent Vienna restrikes. This place might provide more information: http://www.theresia.name/en/svariants.html :)
One has to click on the text "IMG_0261.jpg" to see the image. [IMG] Appears to be a modern-made item for sale to tourists. :)
Here we go again: African Kilwa coins found in Australia: May 2013: http://www.cointalk.org/threads/interesting-article.228070 June 2013:...
Note that the bridge on the coin is the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge, not the more famous Golden Gate Bridge. :)
It is play money, made in Germany by the Lauer company. I have seen a similar one with Britain's Queen Victoria on it. :)
Do Somali pirates make "pieces of eight"? :)
The "Chambres de Commerce" items are tokens. :)
Finally, a Bird whose Time has Come: [IMG] :)
It's a coin from Iran: Iran 10 Rials KM# 1259 issued AH 1371-1376 This one is dated AH 1371 (AD 1992) :)
Is Leon with you? [IMG] :)
In the "Hawaii Five-O" episode "The $100,000 Nickel" about a 1913 nickel, McGarrett and Danno never booked the coin's owner, only the people who...
I finally got around to watching this film, which involves a modern-day treasure hunt in Africa for an 1865 Confederate battleship. The treasure...
Nice coin! I read somewhere that the Spinola family employed Christopher Columbus as their agent in Lisbon. :)
Eric Shipton was a British mountaineer in the 1930's. In 1934 he and a partner, H. W. Tilman, three Sherpas, and some porters went to find a way...
Sixty tons is about 2,000,000 US silver dollars or Mexican silver pesos. :)
My post with pictures is on my website under "Coins on Television". [IMG]
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