The closest match that I can find is RIC 251. From Wildwinds: http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/antoninus_pius/t.html [IMG] Antoninus...
I have seen aluminum tokens like these, probably merchandise premiums. :)
I posted a writeup on CoinTalk separately of my favorite coin-related television episode, the 1996 "Law & Order" episode entitled "Survivor"...
Law & Order Episode "Survivor" with Karen Allen, about ancient coin collectors, and "Roman Cleopatras". This episode is one of the best...
It is in the Krause Catalog of World Coins, number KM# 457. Weight 13.33gm, 0.300 (30%) silver. :)
Novelty item. I remember pennies in the 1960's with punched pictures of Kennedy. :)
Picture, please?
Here's what the 1888 10 Mark coin looks like: [IMG] I believe that it was a one-year coin. See this post for the reason I bought it:...
My father saved a whole bunch of them in the 1930's and I put pictures of some of them on my website (below). See "State Sales Tax Tokens". :)
I posted one here in October 2009: http://www.cointalk.com/t75285 [IMG] Supposedly the color of the box is not significant. :)
They didn't exactly hit it out of the park with Barry Bonds, either. :)
When did John Wayne go to Somalia? Attention Moammar Khadafy: He did make a film in Libya in 1957, "Legend of the Lost". :)
From the September 1964 issue of Ingenue, a magazine for teen-age girls: [IMG] Ingenue Magazine September 1964 I will leave it to other...
Why do guys selling this stuff have to include a long diatribe in their listings? :)
The Soviet Union was very proud of it's space and rocket achievements. [IMG] I stayed at the gigantic Kosmos Hotel in Moscow in 1986. The...
Here are some scans of the coins shown in the CBS 60 Minutes episode: [IMG] Morley Safer (on right) and curator, the curator was describing...
The CBS Television network ran their Sunday "60 Minutes" show this evening and had a 15-minute episode on the Vatican Library in Rome. While a...
The 1995 shutdown did close the national parks. The post office has been a "private corporation" since 1971 and stayed open. :)
One can see the deterioration in their coins as things went bad, from silver to copper to zinc. I have a few zinc WW2 coins but none in as...
The Pres. Warren G. Harding dollar coin is scheduled for release in 2014. He had his own personal bootlegger during Prohibition. :)
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