"They were all supposed to have been returned to the Royal Mint for melting down,but 12 of them are known to have escaped,& some of these coins...
Are those the famous Canadian "Spy Coins"? :)
The best known emperors are the nasty boys and perverts. There is a popular CD-writing software program called "Nero". No one is going to market...
They are making a " HM Queen Elizabeth 80th Birthday" coin. Ladies do not tell their age! :)
My favorite restrike is the one the US and Mexico struck in 1949 for Nationalist China. The San Francisco and Mexico City Mints struck...
Old theme on coins: [IMG] Constantius II (AD 337-361) Soldier spearing falling enemy horseman Catalog: RIC Aquileia 199
You are talking about the woman I love!
[IMG] Modern Masonic "Penny" token based on a Roman coin Issued by the Royal Arch Masons, St. Louis, Missouri Obverse: MISSOURI (dot) CHAPTER...
I didn't know New Zealand made coins in 1861.
Why don't we just bring the troops home from this mess and then we wouldn't have to worry about shipments to APO boxes, etc. This is a subject...
The second one looks like a "IOVI CONSERVATORI" Roman coin of Licinius. Licinius RIC VII Nikomedia 15 (Catalog Roman Imperial Coins, Nikomedia...
Wonder if Halliburton will send some. Sure.
"Nothin' says lovin' like somethin' from the oven" :)
Here's an unusual Masonic "Penny" using an ancient Roman coin as a design: [IMG] Judging by the condition, it must have seen a lot of use as...
The "II/II" is a date meaning "Year 4" of Phocas reign. The Wildwinds coin "V/III" is "Year 8".
The Byzantine coin looks like this one on the Wildwinds data base for Phocas (AD 602-610): [IMG] Phocas AE Follis. Struck year 8 (609/610...
Here's my Julia, she looks happier here: [IMG] Julia Domna Denarius - Pudicitia Draped bust right IVLIA AVGVSTA Pudicitia seated left,...
The acid test: Do casinos accept them? :)
Somebody was saving them!
[IMG] This one can start a new thread: Coins with blimps on them! :)
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