[IMG] England Silver Sixpence 1561 Elizabeth I Obverse: Crowned bust of Elizabeth facing left with a rose behind her head ELIZABETH D G ANG FR ET...
Drake allegedly left an inscribed plate of brass and an Elizabeth sixpence in Northern California in 1579. :)
I was a kid in the early 1960's and thought it was neat to hold an 80-year old coin. :)
I have seen this token posted on coin boards before but without an identification except for it being a "game token" or a "horse plow" token. :)
Raped maybe not but a coin dealer shot another dealer at a Parsippany (New Jersey) coin show in May 2016. :)
First numismatic item that I have ever seen that commemorates the Nixon Watergate scandal of the 1970's. Thanks for posting it. And now this...
The two live owls were in a tree near my place in October 2016 when I shot several photographs of them. Both have moved away, probably due to the...
I have heard or read several variations of this "old coin" story: A man living in New York has just returned from a trip to Istanbul and throws a...
My neighbors approve! [IMG] This is my first Greek Owl from 2011: [IMG] Greek Attic Athens Classical Owl Tetradrachm Obverse: Head of Athena...
Happy Happy Birthday, Sol Invictus! :)
Someone else posted one of these Charles V gold coins recently....
The seller turns up on the television show "Pawn Stars" sometimes. :)
I looked at this thread and, to my surprise, saw an old friend. The Egyptian Magic Coin! I have seen versions of this item for years on Internet...
For display and posting I have photographs on my personal hobby website, but they are backed up on DVDs and copies are in bank boxes. I did have...
[IMG] Britain Guinea "Spade" type 1794 George III had this on the reverse of his guinea, the predecessor to the sovereign: Crowned arms of...
Nice coin! I like the obverse design especially, King Charles presenting a choice of his religion or the sword. :)
Lots of commemorative items were produced to honor the Apollo moon landings, do we need another? [IMG] Medallic Arts Apollo 11 Medal Copper,...
There already is a small dollar coin with the moon landing design and has been since 1979. [IMG] Susie goes to the moon People just don't want...
Why do they have to be convex or have some other odd shape? :)
Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland also made large copper pennies during that period. Millions of them, each three times the weight of an...
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