Probably a mystery we'll never solve for sure but I'd have to agree with Matt that a likely scenario is a member of the ships crew took it with...
The reason OP is putting up this and his other coins here asking for "help" identifying the coin is because he (Leonid, aka GlobeCoins on eBay) is...
Yeah, some of the bank tellers call the Sacajawea's "Liberty" Dollars. Even the tellers don't always know the current coinage.
You'd think so, but some people don't even have that knowledge base. They know what they know, and it doesn't include esoteric things like what...
no, the joke was that tbudwiser wanted whatever the guy was smoking. (right, tbudwiser?)
I knew that, sorry I didn't make it clear from my comment.
Of course some people could, but it really is just better to leave it that Peter decided it was best for all CT members (honorable ones) to...
I'm not sure I want some of whatever he's having.....he's dumber than Charlie became after Charlie was smart (in Flowers for Algernon).
I just wanted to share my medal (I bought it) celebrating the opening day of the Kiel Canal. The opening day was actually the next day, but I...
Good thing the old man put a fire and smoke proof mylar covering over the coin, so it wasn't damaged. Forethought!
collectingkid is right, the medal (not a coin) is simply a commemorative of Aug 26, 1969 which is the 100th anniversary of the town of Donetsk in...
+1
In that case, the beloved grandpa would most likely have left some sort of Identification on/with the coin. People who have large collections of...
really good idea
Out here in the west, you go to a touristy place and you can get "real" wanted posters of outlaws!!!!! (facsimiles)
on picture three at the lower left it says "facimile" that means it's not real
lillyboots, I'll have to do some photoing of a couple of mine to show the un-flatness of this. Probably in the a.m.
I am happy lots of people are responding, as I have so much to learn. I did purchase off eBay some mid to high grade PCGS slabbed state/nat'l park...
I got a number of those in a couple rolls. Don't know if its DDO and/or DDR yet, as I am still learning. Doesn't look like the normal Plate-Split...
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