Johnny Carson once started a similar rumor on his television show. Only it was toilet paper. Caused a run on the stores. :)
I have had these two small dime-sized silver coins since the 1960's when I rescued them from California coin dealers' "junk boxes". [IMG]...
Two ships! [IMG] French Somaliland 20 Francs 1952 :)
It looks like this Roman coin of Septimius Severus (AD 193-211) [IMG] Septimius Severus Denarius RIC 131 (RIC is "The Roman Imperial...
Sounds like a private issue box. I heard of the name Bickels when I was collecting in the 1960's. Pictures would help. South Africa Mint...
Thank you. I never noticed the "AND" before. The initials on the obverse "DH" could be "CH" with a scratch, they would then match the initials...
I posted this coin before and most responders thought that it was a "love token". But I wonder. Great Britain Gothic Florin 1873 with Initials...
I wish I knew where this hoard was... Why? :)
That is a very nice coin! :)
Busted! WALNUT CREEK, Calif. Posted: 12:30 am PDT July 21, 2011 A man wanted for the theft half a million dollars in rare coins has been...
The first is modern, might be an apothecary weight token or play money. :)
Strange story, but I think that the owner (US) was right in getting them back. :)
If the US government hadn't made the dollar coins, the money they saved could have kept the Arab wars going for one more day. Or even two...
It looks like a coin copy or "tourist fake" sold to tourists at ancient historical sites. I have a similar one for Lucius Verus which turned up...
The US Government has won similar cases involving "moon rocks". :)
There was a lot of publicity about that warehouse storing bags of dollar coins. I wonder if some crooks are planning the "heist of the...
It is too bad that Izzie Swift isn't around to get them into circulation. :)
I have had this medal for many years, it belonged to my father before me. [IMG] Samuel J. Bridge Medal GIFT OF SAMUEL J. BRIDGE /...
Aladdin's Castle video game arcade token. The company operated during the 1970's and 1980's. It now operates under a different name. :)
The coin on the left is a fantasy 1 Dinar coin supposedly issued for Yemen. The date is AH 1352 (AD 1933). Made at the Vienna Mint in 1965 by...
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