Madagascar [IMG] Madagascar 1 Franc 1948 (French) [IMG] Madagascar 2 Francs 1948 (French) [IMG] Madagascar 5 Francs 1953 (French)...
Some from the tiny country on the French Riviera: [IMG] Monaco 1 Franc - No date (1943) Why did the prince leave off the date? [IMG]...
The links work just fine. [IMG] :)
[IMG] Guinea Girl There was a young girl from Guinea Whose name, believe it, was Minnie She married a louse Not nice like Mickey Mouse And...
Not many coins depict blimps or airships, but this one does. It is a Soviet Union coin commemorating the WW2 Defense of Moscow from the German...
Cyanide, hydrochloric acid, nitric acid... I do remember a story about a coin collector who was working with cyanide. It was an obituary....
The Irish animal coins are one of my favorite designs. :)
I now believe that the silver Tical or Fuang coin might not have a date. I looked on Ebay for "Thailand Silver" and found a couple of listings...
Can anyone provide dates for these two coins from Thailand (Siam)? [IMG] Thailand 1 Att - 1887-1905 - Bronze 24mm The date on this one might...
The closest I have been to Ceylon (Sri Lanka) is on a trip to India in 1984. From the dates of these coins, they came back with returning WW2...
From CNN News: A Roman coin from A.D. 248-250, when the Romans occupied the region. The coin had been left at the Houston Museum of Natural...
I just finished reading Ernest Hemingway's novel "The Sun Also Rises". I wonder how the US Mint would put that kind of war injury on a coin. :)
I have been playing with my new digital camera and took these pictures of some coins from the former Portuguese colonies. I acquired them in...
I always thought that those "Court" shows were scripted. :)
Thank you all for the information. :hail:
I should say it probably did not circulate in 1942, but did in 1945 after the Japanese left the East Indies. I do not think that the Germans...
[IMG] This Persia/Iran 5 Krans looks to be dated AH 1303, but that date doesn't appear in the Krause Standard Catalog of World Coins. Note:...
Another term is "LRB" which means Late Roman Bronzes. I saw this term on the Forum website and it took me a while to find out what it meant....
Here are some worn Alphonso XIII coins. Apparently these types of coins known as "duros" were not minted after 1899 but were used as money...
Basque Independent Viscayan Republic Basque (1937): [IMG] Viscayan Republic 1 Peseta 1937 [IMG] Viscayan Republic 2 Peseta 1937 :)
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