The designs look like this one but the legends are different: Spain Ferdinand and Isabella: http://www.mcsearch.info/record.html?id=189854 :)
If the "soldier found it" story is true, could face a court-martial for looting. :)
Romania beat us to it by 50 years: [IMG] Romania 15 Bani 1960 :)
Egyptian Magic Coin token: [IMG] I have seen versions of this item for years on Internet coin and metal detecting boards, on Ebay, at coin...
George Stanley's 1949 novel Earth Abides has survivors using buffalo nickels as arrowheads. :)
The bird on the coin looks somewhat like this bird: [IMG] :)
Byzantine coins are fun! The "ANNO XII" is year 12 of Justinian or AD 538-39. Emperor Justinian started putting dates on his coins that...
Google is your Friend Look up: MAXIMUS NON PLUS ULTRA TOKEN From one site: During the reign of Charles X due to a shortage of coins many...
This is not a coin but a medal, but it does have a dragon on it, a two-headed one: [IMG] British World War II Victory Medal England was...
OP = Original Poster. :)
Here's what both sides look like: [IMG] Peru 1 Sol 1967 - Llama :)
The 2012 June 24 show was apparently cancelled. :(
Lots of commemorative items were produced to honor this event, some of high quality and some others. [IMG] Apollo 11 Medal - Medallic Arts...
I wrote a term paper for a high-school class in 1964 on this subject. When the price of silver went up due to the Vietnam war inflation, the US...
Really beautiful piece of medieval art. :)
Not sure what to make of this Ebay item for sale: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130711113088 :)
Do they make one with a cockroach on it? :)
His possessions are also illuminating - a musket ball is lodged in his chest; where a pocket would have been are some 20 coins, a rifle flint and...
The emperor looks like Diocletian to me. :)
Oddly enough, I have one just like it, from Forum Ancient Coins: [IMG] Julius Caesar - Denarius - Elephant Elephant right trampling on...
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