These coins are being issued from East to West. I wonder what California will have left to use as an "innovation". :)
I also have a United States 1861-O half dollar purchased in 2012. It is not graded but it would grade about VF-35. [IMG] United States half...
He's got the whole world in his hands: [IMG] Antoninus Pius Aureus - Standing with Globe Obverse: Laureate head right - ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P...
[IMG] Bolivia Tiajuanaco statue [IMG] Bolivia Tiajuanaco statue :)
[IMG] Mexico Peso 1949 Restrike of 1898 peso During the summer of 1949 the San Francisco Mint struck 2,000,000 and the Mexico City Mint struck...
I had a summer job in Washington DC in 1970 and attended this coin show one day. [IMG] Washington D.C. Coin Show 1970 Wooden Nickel Obverse:...
That second mohur is beautiful. As an exercise I was able to read the coin including the mint. :)
I bought several Mughal India coins recently and spent some time attempting to read the Arabic text on them with the help of Richard Plant's book...
Great article! :)
I have this coin from the Islamic Samanid empire which is as large as a US silver dollar and have been researching it while staying at home....
[IMG] Syracuse Sicily Bronze Tetras Octopus Bronze, 15.4 mm, 3.84 gm, Catalog: SNG Cop 653 Struck: BC 425-420 Syracuse mint Obverse: Head of...
The two Roosevelt-Capitol tokens are different in other ways. Mine has a horizontal line under the capitol building and a different font for...
I have a similar Roosevelt token but it has a dirigible on the reverse also. [IMG] Franklin D. Roosevelt "Lucky Tillicum" Coin - US Capitol and...
British gold sovereigns are still being minted without denominations. :)
These unusual "wallets" meant for carrying British gold coins in the 1800's appeared in these two films. "The Card" was a British film released...
A writeup of this episode (with pictures) is on my website under "Coins on Television" along with the Hawaii 5-0 episode about "The $100,000...
I remember these two coins issued by Japan to commemorate the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. [IMG] Japan 1000 Yen 1964 Olympics Silver 35mm [IMG] Japan...
[IMG] Roman Empire - Emperor Nero Sestertius - Roma Seated Bronze, 33 mm, 22.48 gm, Catalog: RIC 356 Struck: AD 67 Rome Obverse: Laureate head...
Here is a similar coin: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/771ad-islamic-silver-coin-al-mansur-1911765484 :)
Another Elagabalus coin: [IMG] Elagabalus Denarius Syrian Priest Silver, 21 mm, 3.76 gm, Catalog: RIC 46 Struck: AD 221 Rome Obverse: Horned,...
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