I suspect that mintage figures for future presdiential dollars will vary greatly, based on "popularity", more for Theodore Roosevelt than for...
The stories about Swiss gold coins having mercury in them from Nazi dental gold are urban legends. Someone worried about "political...
The paper dollar will never be discontinued. The All-Seeing Eye on the Great Pyramid will see to that. :)
It looks like some kind of token or play money. :)
This US play money might be a contemporary: [IMG] Franklin D. Roosevelt / Lucky Play Money Plastic 14mm :)
My father had this medal since I was a kid in the 1950's. It was awarded to his relative (uncle?) in 1895 for doing well in school, so it has...
No. http://www.cointalk.com/t196803 :)
I received this advertisment from the "Mystic Stamp Company" today: [IMG] Elvis Presley U.S. Army Service Colorized Coin But why quit...
Looks like Thailand (Siam) 5 Baht 1982 Bicentennial of Bangkok Krause 149 :)
Find a place that the metal detector people like to visit. Excite them. :)
There was a long article in the newspapers about a year ago about fake silver coins being sold to Americans in Afghanistan. :)
These pre-World War I German silver Marks figured into the plot of the book World's End by Upton Sinclair, published in 1940. In a book...
This fiasco started in 2005, we know who was president then and it wasn't Barack Obama. Suppose this situation occurred with the state...
"Susan B. Anthony looked like an old hag/witch" [IMG] 2000 years apart: Left: Susan B. Anthony Right: Cleopatra VII, yes THAT Cleopatra...
A film was made about the coin in 1947, called "The Brasher Doubloon". It was based on a crime novel "The High Window" by Raymond Chandler....
Is it real thin? If it is real thin it might be a "Belly Dancer" coin, an imitation Arabic-type coin used for a costume. The diameter and...
Growing up in the United States in the 1960's, I never thought that the Czarist eagle would re-appear on Russian coins. [IMG] Russia 1 Ruble...
About five years ago my mom found 107 Eisenhower dollars that my grandmother had saved. They were circulated, worn, and scratched veterans of...
I thought it was Mt. Morgan in California. :)
Ancient coins were struck by hand using dies cut by hand. One can find many modern items on worn ancient coins; the wear patterns can produce...
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