The Soviet Union was very proud of it's space and rocket achievements. [IMG] I stayed at the gigantic Kosmos Hotel in Moscow in 1986. The...
Here are some scans of the coins shown in the CBS 60 Minutes episode: [IMG] Morley Safer (on right) and curator, the curator was describing...
The CBS Television network ran their Sunday "60 Minutes" show this evening and had a 15-minute episode on the Vatican Library in Rome. While a...
The 1995 shutdown did close the national parks. The post office has been a "private corporation" since 1971 and stayed open. :)
One can see the deterioration in their coins as things went bad, from silver to copper to zinc. I have a few zinc WW2 coins but none in as...
The Pres. Warren G. Harding dollar coin is scheduled for release in 2014. He had his own personal bootlegger during Prohibition. :)
I knew that the Marshall Islands would come through! :)
It's possible that the clerk in the original post did not want to take a lot of half-dollars as he would have to account for them at the end of...
What, no Marshall Islands Diana coin? :(
Would King Farouk have bought one of these "coins"? :)
I found this on YouTube, it is a "trailer" or "coming attractions" advertisement for the 1947 film "The Brasher Doubloon":...
Do you think that if we ask him nicely, he can get the Wild Turkey put on a US coin? :)
Mirror mirror on the wall Who's the fairest one of all? :)
The cobra which escaped from the Bronx Zoo (New York) reptile house has been found alive!...
Any Swiss Bankers involved in this conspiracy? How about the Knights Templar? :)
Here's mine: [IMG] Iraq 200 Fils 1932 I bought this coin from Bob Burroughs' coin shop in Albany California in 1969 for $2.75. He was...
"It belongs in a museum" -- Indiana Jones :)
See this about "UNQUINE": http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_makes_a_monkey_unquine (Mildly not safe for work) :)
British India 1917 1 Anna filed to pass as 1/4 Rupee I acquired this coin sometime in the 1960's from a California dealer's foreign coin box....
UNQUINE TONED What is that? :)
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