Cup coins, bowl coins, dish coins... :)
A Byzantine cup-shaped coin for those who can't wait for the 2019 US Apollo coins...
The Byzantine Empire made these cup-shaped gold coins called Hyperpyrons from AD 1092 to 1352. These coins circulated far outside the Empire,...
An early version of a cup-shaped coin? :)
The Papal States soldo counterstamp refers to the 10th century "anti-pope" Boniface VII. It's a neat item. :)
My father was born in January 1911 in San Francisco. This coin is as close as I can get to the year: [IMG] United States $20 1910-S :)
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Another reason for buying a particular coin. Walt Disney had a Spanish Potosi eight reales "cob" dated 1685. Now, thanks to Sedwick Coins of...
Zinc cents weigh around 2.5 grams and copper cents weigh around 3.1 grams. :)
It appears that they have returned after seven years. :)
(My pictures from the previous post seem to have disappeared) :)
Bhutan 1/2 rupee. :)
One note about GIF files, they are limited to 256 colors. :)
Beautiful old-fashioned handwriting on the last two envelopes with the Canada Victoria cents. :)
There were two Fays, Anna Eva Fay and her daughter-in-law Eva Fay, and they both issued tokens. Here's an article with a photograph of Anna Eva...
This is the more common "The Fays" token: [IMG] The Fays Mascot Egyptian Symbols Token Bronze, 32mm,, 6.23gm, irregular shape Obverse: Egyptian...
I like owls! The minimalist design resembles this classic coin: [IMG] Greece Athens Classical Owl Tetradrachm Struck around BC 430 :)
Interesting coin, token, or replica. It looks like this coin: Ludovico Maria Sforza Duke 1494-1499 Doppio Ducato Gold More information and a...
It could be a religious medal of St. Kunigunde of Luxemburg. There's a statue of her in Bamberg, Germany. This picture of the Bamberg statue...
These little German coins do get around. Inscriptions look like: MAX HE DG ARCH COL and SRI PR ELE VTR B DVX Bavaria and the Electorate of...
Separate names with a comma.
