Why don't we just bring the troops home from this mess and then we wouldn't have to worry about shipments to APO boxes, etc. This is a subject...
The second one looks like a "IOVI CONSERVATORI" Roman coin of Licinius. Licinius RIC VII Nikomedia 15 (Catalog Roman Imperial Coins, Nikomedia...
Wonder if Halliburton will send some. Sure.
"Nothin' says lovin' like somethin' from the oven" :)
Here's an unusual Masonic "Penny" using an ancient Roman coin as a design: [IMG] Judging by the condition, it must have seen a lot of use as...
The "II/II" is a date meaning "Year 4" of Phocas reign. The Wildwinds coin "V/III" is "Year 8".
The Byzantine coin looks like this one on the Wildwinds data base for Phocas (AD 602-610): [IMG] Phocas AE Follis. Struck year 8 (609/610...
Here's my Julia, she looks happier here: [IMG] Julia Domna Denarius - Pudicitia Draped bust right IVLIA AVGVSTA Pudicitia seated left,...
The acid test: Do casinos accept them? :)
Somebody was saving them!
[IMG] This one can start a new thread: Coins with blimps on them! :)
Here's my two of "Big Max": [IMG] Maximinus Thrax Denarius - Salus Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG Salus...
I do still have it but it is not for sale. I also restored the image in the first January 2006 post. :)
Another NCLT (Non-circulating legal tender) medal.
The medal is correct. "Like a stonewall" is just a slang term used to describe Andrew Jackson. The same term was later applied to the...
FDR's $20 coin sounds like a 1907 high relief coin so it was probably a presentation piece.
Looks like 4th century Roman to me. Without the obverse emperor portrait it would be hard to pin down. The reverse looks like one that I have...
I recently saw the 1947 film "The Foxes of Harrow" on TV. Rex Harrison played an illegitimate son of a wealthy European family who arrives in...
Uncleaned Roman coins. Gold found!
I guess fingerprints don't bother circulated coins. :)
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