"Will Robinson" was a character in a 1960's television show called "Lost in Space". There was a robot who would use the phrase "Warning Will...
A few years ago the US Post Office issued "Elvis" stamps. One could glue an Elvis stamp onto a dollar coin and have an "Elvis Dollar". Hey...
I have a few still in the plastic wrappers too, I was planning to sell them on Ebay, so I looked up the values in Krause Publications "Standard...
They are very common and only worth what the silver in them is.
Here's a Rhodesia Proof set from 1964 which I bought by mail from the Rhodesian government in 1964: [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] The sets were...
Their nephew Heliogabolus, was the worst emperor in the entire history of the Roman empire Elagabalus (or Heliogabolus) (AD 218-222) and his...
And here's my set from this happy family: [IMG] Septimius [IMG] Julia [IMG] Caracalla [IMG] Geta
Arab-Byzantine Abd al-Malik Standing Caliph Coin I was looking at Byzantine coins for sale on Ebay and found this one. I knew nothing about it...
I have had this UK War Medal since the 1960's. [IMG] This one is the silver version given to Canadians. The British got copper-nickel...
Apparently Somalia has more than one kind of pirate.
Parthian coins used crude and blundered Greek inscriptions, so mispellings would be common. The website: http://www.parthia.com has lots of...
I'm still waiting for my Millard Fillmore Dollar coin!
It does not look cleaned to me, it just looks old and used (circulated). I have some similar Egyptian silver piastre coins. :)
Could be some kind of gambling or other token.
"there is a language barrier with the seller" The seller isn't located in China, is he? A lot of counterfeit silver coins come out of China.
The marks do look like small chopmarks to me.
Ebay private listing is a red flag Just sold for $92 :headbang:
It is not a new idea: These two are from the US 1964 presidential election: [IMG] :)
Hopalong Cassidy Actor William Boyd played him on television :)
Dimension: 20.5 mm Weight: 2.935 gm
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