[IMG] When I saw this coin on Ebay I had to have it. The figure on the coin looked to me like a movie space alien, and not a friendly one....
That was an excellent article! The odd bits of coinage are many times more interesting than the coinage of large countries or states. By...
I took the liberty of editing the above photographs with an old Corel editor: [IMG] It looks like one that I saw in a catalog for Brazil of...
And of course, there's my favorite big silver coin: The Mexico 1898 silver peso 1949 restrike: http://www.brianrxm.com/pages/mexsf.htm :)
Certainly a strange piece I found this on the internet, but the author admits he doesn't know anything about it either....
I revised my article on these odd coins and here it is again. I managed to obtain some more examples of these coins. In 1949 the San Francisco...
This one features an American Mountain Lion, not the usual African Lion: [IMG] :)
Looks OK to me, and about $30 to $50
King Krum Kills Kitty on Bulgaria 1930 10 Leva [IMG] Also known as the Madara Horseman.
I plan to buy some of the television silver dollars as soon as my $10,000,000 arrives from my new friend the Nigerian Prince. :smile
Looks like the Wildwinds ancient coin database is back up. Main: http://www.wildwinds.com Index: http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/index.html...
"9/11" has become an excuse for all kinds of deviant behavior.
Here's mine: [IMG] Gordian III AR Antoninianus - Hercules Radiate draped bust right IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG Hercules standing right...
I recall the Johnson Smith Co. selling Indian Head pennies and "100 year old coins" in the 1960's. :)
The "Johnson Smith" company is still around? I remember them when I was a kid in the 1950's. They had a catalog where they would sell things...
Another whiner
I have seen these "Kennedy looks at Lincoln" pennies since the 1960's. I want to see one with Richard Nixon. Now that would be something. :)
I guess that the point of the article is that the Omaha TV reporter didn't know it was a fake.
Looks like the Unabomber's cabin.
I am responsible. I pull a pre-1981 cent out of circulation about every three days. :)
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