I saw immediately it wasn't Antoninus Pius. Looks like Marcus Aurelius RIC 20. Wildwinds:...
I guess our viewers are stuck with my photos. :)
The last one looks like a generic brass token. Some are worn, very worn, from being carried around by members as pocket pieces. This one is very...
There are hundreds of varieties of these "Masonic Pennies" tokens. You can find pages of them on Ebay. This is a "Masonic Penny", made for...
I guess it is the "National Rifle Association", but a British organization. :)
The 1941 RKO film "The Devil and Daniel Webster" is about an 1840 New Hampshire farmer who sells his soul to the Devil for wealth, then tries to...
Masonic "pennies" (coins) are not usually dated. Some have the year or date the lodge was founded. This is a "Masonic Penny", made for members...
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I have a couple of coins from Theodosius I but they are not as nice as yours. :)
My grandmother got this 1948 foreign coin buying book in the 1950's: [IMG] Premium Catalog of Modern Foreign Coins S. Kellogg Stryker, Sole...
I saw the same story on some ancient coin forums, but it was an "Arab Sheik" doing the buying. :)
The currency on the table appears to be copies of Republic of China notes, which would be correct for Shanghai in 1935. :)
"Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" was the second of the "Indiana Jones" films starring Harrison Ford as a 1930's archaeologist and...
Do not get into Ancients. :)
The American television series "Law & Order" ran from 1990 to 2010. It was produced by NBC Universal Television, and Universal Network Television....
When I saw this coin on Ebay in March 2007 I had to have it. The figure on the coin looked to me like a movie space alien, and not a friendly...
It looks like some kind of magic or magician's token. :)
I have been chasing a Portuguese Moidore off and on for several years. What did I do when I finally got one that matched my specifications?...
Somebody wanted to make Gen. Petraeus a five-star general. He did have something in common with Gen. Eisenhower. :)
My grandmother has been there and done that, so I don't have to. [IMG] She bought these decorative plates shortly after World War II. Five-star...
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