Some of the artists were having fun with this project. The little kid looks like Barack Obama, and there's that good old American building, the...
There's always 1947's "The Brasher Doubloon", a film based on a Raymond Chandler novel. [IMG] Brasher Doubloon film prop :)
Thank you. They look like a $20 roll of half dollars and a $20 roll of silver dollars. :)
Two coin rolls appear in an American film along with a wrapped bundle of prop paper money. [IMG] Coin rolls and paper money in suitcase (coin...
Yes, another military commemorative coin set is coming! In 2019, the United States Mint will produce and sell commemorative coins for the 100th...
I have a 1944 cent struck at the San Francisco Mint on a Denver Mint planchet. :)
Union soldiers were paid in "greenbacks" or paper money, not gold. :)
Happy Saint Patrick's Day! [IMG] (From "Darby O'Gill and the Little People") :)
Take it to a store and put it in the reject bin of one of those "cash for coins" machines like Coinstar or Coinmaster. Then watch the fun. :)
Last evening I went to the local store and saw a man at the Coinstar machine. He had a box of pennies (8"x3"x3") and was feeding them into the...
My grandmother had a collection of Indian Head cents in a Whitman blue album which I now have. [IMG] United States Indian Head cent 1906 Indian...
Thank you. :)
The coin painting fairy must have visited India, too: [IMG] India half anna 1943 [IMG] India one anna 1944 [IMG] India two annas 1943 :)
I do look for humorous Ebay listing mistakes, like the seller who took "Papal payments". :)
Estate sale? :)
Nice boat dollar! It could be a 1949 restrike due to the uncirculated condition. :)
Anyone for a visit to the "Lost City of Z"? (A real place) :)
I was going to post my South Africa Mint 1964 pricelist but I discovered that I already had. These were for sale then but not to Americans due to...
Can't leave out the Olympics [IMG] Russia 1 Rouble 1979 - 1980 Moscow Olympics :)
A rather twisted story of a top rated 1940's radio program, a very successful 1946 motion picture, and the Egyptian Magic Coin. [IMG] Helen Trent...
Separate names with a comma.
