Queen Mary of Scotland had an interesting life too. :)
Tonga became famous in numismatics in 1962 when Queen Salote Tupou III had gold coins issued by the British Royal Mint that were packed in pretty...
East India Company - Bengal Presidency It might be Krause KM 56 Shah Alam copper Pice regnal year 37 Minted at Calcutta for several years with the...
A coin from France's "Spider King" Louis XI (1461-1483): [IMG] France Louis XI Ecu d'Or Gold, 27 mm, 3.34 gm, Perpignan Mint Obverse: Shield with...
Added missing third picture with more money. :)
The 1955 film "Man with the Golden Arm" is about a former drug addict, played by Frank Sinatra, who tries to reform his life. He works as a poker...
[IMG] Israel 500 Prutah 5709 (AD 1949) Silver, 37 mm, 24.94 gm According to the Numista website these coins were not placed into circulation....
I just watched the Roy Rogers program. Pretty interesting story, mentions the 1933 order to turn in gold coins. The counterfeit $20 coins in the...
Two notes on previous posts: A similar Greta Garbo prop coin without the Swedish legend appears in the 1945 MGM film "Yolanda and the Thief"....
A similar Greta Garbo prop coin without the Swedish legend appears in the 1945 MGM film "Yolanda and the Thief". [IMG] Yolanda and the Thief...
It is not for sale. :)
Caliph Harun al-Rashid (AD 786-809) was the caliph of the "Arabian Nights" or "One Thousand and One Nights". [IMG] Abbasid Dinar Harun al-Rashid...
Several years ago when I was selling minor foreign coins on Ebay, I receive a bid retraction notice. The bidder had bid $3817.00 and changed it...
Paypal is still being used on Ebay. :)
Coinstar, too! [IMG] Cuba 10 centavos 2013 :)
The Ebay prohibition of the sale of Cuban coins is solely an Ebay corporate decision dating from 2013. It applies to all Cuban coins regardless...
I saw one of these Art Deco Turkish Republic coins in the Istanbul Museum and had to get one. [IMG] Turkey 100 Kurush 1934 Silver, 30 mm, 11.88...
Until I can get an ancient coin this modern day Latvia coin will have to do: [IMG] Latvia 5 Lati 1931 Silver, 37 mm, 25.11 gm :)
Two Byzantine Justinian coins from Constantinople: [IMG] Justinian AE Follis Bronze, 30 mm, 17.98 gm, Struck: AD 527-538, Sear 158 Obverse:...
The Masonic Penny, Masonic Chapter Penny, Mark Penny, Masonic Coin, or Masonic Token, is a coin or medallion made and used by some Masonic lodges....
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