Interesting coin! These silver coins were known as "pistareens" and circulated in the American colonies. The counterstamp could be from a...
I have only one of these coins: [IMG] Russia 5 Kopeks 1779 Catherine II (Catherine the Great) Copper, 40 mm, 50.01 gm :)
These are nice coins! Mughal coins can be quite interesting. :)
This little coin is a silver rupee of Mughal India minted around AD 1680 at Surat, a city in northwest India. Surat was the largest and busiest...
Here's an odd consideration for someone living in California. The state charges sales tax on coin sales (grouped on the same invoice) under $1500...
The television game show "Jeopardy" had a series of U.S. Coin questions last evening (March 10, 2021): Old west artist James Earle Fraser...
Tracks left by skiers walking up and down hills. :)
The Victoria 2 annas coin is beautiful! I believe that the East India Company quarter anna button coin is KM 446.2, a one-year type of 1835. :)
I was excited yesterday to find a 1938 Canada dime in a Coinstar machine reject tray. :)
I believe that the date is Buddhist Era 2539 or AD 1996. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1106.html :)
I believe that the date is Buddhist Era 2519 or AD 1976. :)
[IMG] Baron Munchhausen lands on the moon. Of course, some will say that the landing was a fake, but at least this one was in color. :)
Has anyone here ever been to the Cook Islands? :)
The 1954 film "Rear Window" has a scene where actress Grace Kelly is reading a book. [IMG] Grace Kelly reading book The book is Beyond the High...
Thank you for the post. I have not seen the film in many years but will have to watch it again. :)
Excellent article! Here's my contribution, a Franklin D. Roosevelt presidential political token with the US Capitol and a dirigible on the...
A few years ago some American politicians wanted to make the commanding general of the Afghanistan war a five-star general. Unfortunately the...
He's got the whole world in his hands: [IMG] Antoninus Pius Aureus - Standing with Globe Gold, 19.5 mm, 7.26 gm Obverse: Laureate head right -...
[IMG] :)
My grandmother bought these decorative plates shortly after World War II: [IMG] Five-star admirals and generals, and President Roosevelt to make...
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