I seem to have gotten on the New York Mint's spam list, and I received the same sick ad.
I have seen versions of this item for years on Internet coin and metal detecting boards, on Ebay, at coin shows, and even in the movies. The...
From 1934 to 1960, the Treasury Department considered showing coins and currency in films to be counterfeiting and banned film companies from...
The "Profile of Integrity" is from 1968. :)
I received one back in September 2010 from a Safeway grocery store. [IMG] :)
Here's A Profile of Integrity: [IMG] :)
It does look more like a Ptolemy. I found this ad in a 1964 issue of Ingenue, a magazine for teen-age girls: [IMG] Ingenue Magazine...
[IMG] [IMG] Not an exact match, but close. :)
Somehow got two posts for one. :)
Libya 2 Piastres 1952, King Idris I, Copper-Nickel, Krause KM 5. :)
[IMG] George Washington Masonic Memorial, Alexandria, Virginia - 1932 (32mm) PRESIDENT WORSHIPFUL MASTER / WASHINGTON WASHINGTON MASONIC...
Johnny Carson once started a similar rumor on his television show. Only it was toilet paper. Caused a run on the stores. :)
I have had these two small dime-sized silver coins since the 1960's when I rescued them from California coin dealers' "junk boxes". [IMG]...
Two ships! [IMG] French Somaliland 20 Francs 1952 :)
It looks like this Roman coin of Septimius Severus (AD 193-211) [IMG] Septimius Severus Denarius RIC 131 (RIC is "The Roman Imperial...
Sounds like a private issue box. I heard of the name Bickels when I was collecting in the 1960's. Pictures would help. South Africa Mint...
Thank you. I never noticed the "AND" before. The initials on the obverse "DH" could be "CH" with a scratch, they would then match the initials...
I posted this coin before and most responders thought that it was a "love token". But I wonder. Great Britain Gothic Florin 1873 with Initials...
I wish I knew where this hoard was... Why? :)
That is a very nice coin! :)
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