I'm sorry but the original poster brought this up. Franklin Roosevelt had polio. It was a common disease then and doctors could recognize...
"with what at the time was believed to be polio" What do you mean? :)
I added the weight (19.6gm) to my original post. :)
What about Paul, George, and Ringo? :)
I received this Roman coin made in Egypt recently and it reminded me of something. [IMG] Antoninus Pius Provincial Egypt Bronze Drachm -...
I don't think that $1000 bills or coins would be used as currency. Most people don't carry that amount of cash. Also people would be worried...
Syria 5 Piastres AH 1375 AD 1956 Here is one like it: [IMG] :)
Usually the lion is victorious... [IMG] But not this time. Bulgaria 10 Leva 1930 For more information: http://www.cointalk.com/t89008...
this is a 'please rob me' thread Maybe if someone just: 1. Purchased a Brasher Doubloon or a similar celebrity 2. Posted their address on...
"Bad Guys who make Good Coins and the people who love them" Sounds like something on Oprah. :)
A teller at the Moraga California Bank of America told me that he had 600 rolls of Millard Fillmore dollars. I bought a couple of rolls and...
I received this one this week: [IMG] Southern Rhodesia Fantasy Edward VIII Crown from the "Spink Patina Collection", made around 2001 :)
I refuse to collect coins from Mongolia until their government apologizes for the war crimes committed under Ghengiz Khan. :)
My friend's aunt was given this coin set by the Oakland Bank of Commerce of Oakland, California for participating in a golf tournament. The...
From B. Traven's book "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre", published in 1935: Anyway, gold is a very devilish sort of a thing, believe me,...
They live in California, too: [IMG] [IMG] :)
I usually collect "Darkside" or non-United States coins but went to a coin show today where I purchased these two 1933 Lincoln Cents. 1933 was...
[IMG] Portugal 10 Escudos 1954 [IMG] Portugal 10 Escudos 1954, probably counterfeit :)
I just have one coin of Titus: [IMG] Titus Denarius - Electric Chair Obverse: Laureate head right IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M...
After watching the 1950 film "King Solomon's Mines" and identifying the coins worn by one of the actors as late 1800's Ethiopian Birrs, I just...
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