I believe that from 1920 on British silver coins were 50% silver.
This story sounds fishy to me.
Then there's always Parthia: [IMG] Parthia Vologases III (AD 105-147) Drachm Obverse: Bare-headed bust left with pointed beard; wearing...
It is interesting that when the US Government began making and selling bullion coins, they used designs that were almost 100 years old.
Here's more than you ever want to know about these coins: http://www.theresia.name/en/index.html :)
Unfortunately too many modern US commemorative coins are political in origin. The only one I have bought in 20 years was the San Francisco Old...
I can not find any book on coins printed by Gutenberg.
Does that mean that 10% of the bills are counterfeit? :)
I refuse to collect coins from Transylvania until someone drives a stake through this thread.
I refuse to collect coins from Mongolia until the Government of Mongolia apologizes for the war crimes committed by Genghis Khan.
I have bought several Roman coins from their Ebay sales. I believe that they are Ok. :)
This sounds more like an opportunistic robbery, the thieves were just looking for something to steal. We have had problems here with "magazine...
In 1964 I was a teenager living in California, and I bought some Norwegian coins by mail from the Bank of Norway, including the 10 Kroner above.
I refuse to collect coins from Mongolia until their government apologizes for the war crimes committed by Ghengiz Khan. :)
Has anyone done a similar economic analysis for the Harry Potter books?
There is another kind of "Masonic Penny" which is a token struck especially for a Freemason lodge. This one saw a lot of use, it is so worn:...
I have one that is a Dutch note signed mostly by women, it is dated 1945. It is on my website under "World Paper Money". Details:...
In 1964 I bought four of them by mail from the Vienna Mint in Austria, in proof condition, along with a couple of Austrian proof sets. I...
The cabin looks like the Unabomber's cabin.
Currency inflation in the Roman Empire is an old story. Gibbons book "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire", published in the 1770's,...
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