Does anyone know the reason that Australia never issued a Half Crown (2-1/2 Shilling) coin? Google is useless, requests come up with other half...
I bought this Tiberius Denarius and one of Elagabalus at a coin show in San Francisco in 1982. [IMG] Tiberius Denarius - Livia Obverse:...
This one is not in as nice shape as the ones above but the price was right. I received it from a change machine at the local Safeway grocery...
Don't sell them. You will regret selling them if you do. I know. :)
Date is 70th year of the Republic of China or AD 1981 (Year 1 = AD 1912). The man on the coin is Chiang Kai-shek, the president at the time. :)
The UK national archives has a photograph (not online): Photograph of Dick Seymour (Silver King) founder of the Seymour and Storey Turf...
It is a coin. India native state of Rajkot 1 Paisa. The date looks like Samvat date 1947 (AD 1890). If it is very thin it is a restrike made...
I'm sorry but the original poster brought this up. Franklin Roosevelt had polio. It was a common disease then and doctors could recognize...
"with what at the time was believed to be polio" What do you mean? :)
I added the weight (19.6gm) to my original post. :)
What about Paul, George, and Ringo? :)
I received this Roman coin made in Egypt recently and it reminded me of something. [IMG] Antoninus Pius Provincial Egypt Bronze Drachm -...
I don't think that $1000 bills or coins would be used as currency. Most people don't carry that amount of cash. Also people would be worried...
Syria 5 Piastres AH 1375 AD 1956 Here is one like it: [IMG] :)
Usually the lion is victorious... [IMG] But not this time. Bulgaria 10 Leva 1930 For more information: http://www.cointalk.com/t89008...
this is a 'please rob me' thread Maybe if someone just: 1. Purchased a Brasher Doubloon or a similar celebrity 2. Posted their address on...
"Bad Guys who make Good Coins and the people who love them" Sounds like something on Oprah. :)
A teller at the Moraga California Bank of America told me that he had 600 rolls of Millard Fillmore dollars. I bought a couple of rolls and...
I received this one this week: [IMG] Southern Rhodesia Fantasy Edward VIII Crown from the "Spink Patina Collection", made around 2001 :)
I refuse to collect coins from Mongolia until their government apologizes for the war crimes committed under Ghengiz Khan. :)
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