A very interesting and well-struck coin! According to Richard Plant's book Arabic Coins and How to Read Them the reverse inscription translates...
My father was not a coin collector but he saved these sales tax tokens in the 1930's and put them in small containers which I still have. [IMG]...
When I was a kid silver dollars still circulated and someone told me that the 'S' mark meant that the coin was minted in San Francisco and the 'O'...
I managed to lose a GSA Carson City silver dollar which I bought during the sales of the early 1970's. I noticed the coin missing in the early...
I have two of these medals, one weighs significantly more than the other: [IMG] President Millard Fillmore Medal - Light Bronze, 33 mm, 16.98 gm...
Coinstar find this morning, Italy Euros, Britain, a Prize US Coin, and a Silver Angel(?) [IMG] :)
There is no period after the 'C' so it could be: W. R. L. Company :)
Max Mallowan was a British archaeologist in the 1930's. In the late 1930's he was working in Syria at Chagar Bazar, a site located near Syria's...
My 1906-S type set: As 1906 was a special year in San Francisco, here is a type set of the five coins made at the (old) San Francisco mint in...
Mayberry, NC? :)
[IMG] United States $20 1906-S :)
The coin looks like a belly dance costume coin with imitation Arabic writing. Here is a similar coin:...
Coinstar find on the last day of the year, Britain, India, Canada, Austria: [IMG] :)
A gold dinar from The Man himself, Saladin: [IMG] Ayyubid Sultanate Dinar, Saladin, Cairo, AH 584 (AD 1188) Gold, 21.0 mm, 6.80 gm Mint: Cairo...
My grandmother owned a three-legged buffalo nickel. [IMG] Grandma's nickel :)
Posted here too in 2022: The US Mint may finally go to the dogs in 2023...
Coins on Television - "Maverick" Seated Liberty dollar An imitation United States Seated Liberty dollar coin appears in a 1960 episode of the...
[IMG] Ayyubid Sultanate Dinar, Saladin, Cairo, AH 584 (AD 1188) Gold, 21.0 mm, 6.80 gm Mint: Cairo (al-Qahira) Egypt Obverse: Outer Margin:...
I had some time on my hands. Harun al-Rashid (Life: AD 763-809 Reign: AD 786-809) was the caliph of the "Arabian Nights." This coin has no mint...
A few dollars maybe. One can find them for sale at the usual places. :)
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