Let's hope one doesn't end up like Louis XVI. :)
It isn't just people from "outside the country". Few Americans (other than coin collectors) know about the dollar coins. I have handed out a few...
It looks like a silver Ottoman 5 Kurush/Piastres coin, diameter 40mm, weight around 16 grams. These were less than 50% silver which may account...
Please Note: WE WILL NO LONGER SHIP TO LUXEMBOURG, AUSTRALIA, LIBYA, SPAIN, EGYPT, INDIA, UNITED KINGDOM, GREECE, CROATIA OR ITALY· :)
[IMG] India States Hyderabad 1 Rupee AH 1361 Year 32 (1942) I visited Hyderabad in 1984. :)
Putting "coin reclining figure angel" into google produces an Italian medal similar:...
I have a similar coin: [IMG] Nepal Silver 1 Rupee VS 2007 (AD 1950) One interesting fact about these coins is that they were used to pay...
I actually got to spend some of these coins in 1986. [IMG] Egypt 5 Piasters 1984 :)
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah... [IMG] The Beatles 1964 US Tour Medal, brass, 30mm :)
I just received an email from a man whose grandfather received a Bridge Medal in 1896. :)
I was asked once if I took "Papal payments". :)
This is a pretty interesting film. The focus is on French medieval coins. :)
I also have a few Justinian coins, including this follis from Nicomedia, year 14: [IMG] Justinian AE Follis Nicomedia Obverse: Justinian...
These tokens are common but this one is in nice shape and has a nice design. This one has both bridges, the Golden Gate Bridge and Bay Bridge....
My mom was born in 1919. But not in India. :)
It is an Iranian (Persian) wedding token: Here are some of these tokens: http://users.pullman.com/fjstevens/tokens/arrastokens/IranTokens.html...
Congratulations on your first gold Byzantine! :)
The "S.A" is the Salvation Army. The Salvation Army women workers wore caps and collars like the one drawn on the coin. The coin date 1888 may...
The 2005 film "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" features a United States Peace silver dollar. The Wonka Candy Factory runs a contest where five...
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" was remade by Tim Burton in 2005 as "Charlie and the Chocolate...
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