What exactly did the album say about George W. Bush that is so upsetting?
I'll bet a lot of those sales were in the San Francisco area. The "Old Mint" has a lot of local interest but little national interest. I...
"Casa de Moneda" means (coin) mint. "Colleccion Banco de la Republica" means Collection, Bank of the Republic Looks like a souvenir token of...
This item looks like a reproduction sold to tourists as a risque souvenir.
I bought this one and a denarius of Tiberius both in 1982. My first Roman coins. [IMG] Elagabalus Denarius IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG...
I have never heard them called "victory nickels" before. The "V" is the Roman numeral for "5".
The motto "The Equality State" is going to remind a lot of people of "Brokeback Mountain". Quarter design links:...
This one commemorates the Roman invasion and conquest of Parthia (Iraq) in 116 AD. [IMG] IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIM AVG GER DAC Laureate...
Here is one which I have had since the 1960's when I bought it from a California coin dealer's foreign coin box: [IMG] Thanks to this thread...
[IMG] I bought this from a US coin dealer's foreign coin bin in the mid 1960's. It appears to be made of lead or something similar and was at...
Several weeks ago there were news stories about Los Angeles street bums selling counterfeit and fake old US coins. None were prosecuted by the...
I collect 1948 coins because I was born in 1948. Also 1848, 1748 (Pillar Dollar)... :)
[IMG] Septimius Severus Denarius SEVERVS AVG PART MAX Laureate head right PM TRP VIII COS II PP (Struck AD 200 from the TRP VIII) Victory...
Hope it won't "tone" in 30 years! :)
The coin looks OK to me. I am not seeing the "casting ring". My scanner, a 2001 HP ScanJet 3400C, frequently creates reflections off the...
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How do you know they are from China? Couldn't Indians have the technology to produce fakes? :)
I have the ever-popular MARS VLTOR coin: My Severus Alexander Mars
I'm also looking for a DVD of the film "Greed", the 1924 version of "McTeague". I have seen a videotape of the film and in it one of the...
"AE2" is a Roman bronze/copper coin size in mm (millimeters). No one is sure exactly what the Roman denominations were. Here is one set of...
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