Ah, this probably explains the gold toned Canadian nickel I found in a horde of coins earlier this year. I pulled it out because it looked so...
I purchased a coin on Ebay recently. When it arrived it had a big fingerprint SPLOTCH across the obverse. The auction photo didn't show it thanks...
Thanks for sharing! I apparently have ancestry in Wales, but I have yet to make an appearance there. After eyeing your picture of the view from...
I'm really surprised that no one mentioned colorized state quarters... :rolleyes: Of course, the way some things seem to be going.. who knows?
I haven't seen a wheat in circulation (i.e., received one in change) for probably a decade. I also don't use cash very much anymore either, which...
Whoa, that is a jaw-dropper. Quite the amazing set of coins you have there. I highly doubt I'll ever come even close to accumulating something so...
Wow. I am completely overwhelmed by the response! Thank you everyone for such great information and advice. I have a lot to sift through. I'll...
My first ancient. Hello, Probus. It was in a pile of Romans at a local coin shop and I liked that I could read the text and at least see some...
I think number 1 is the clear winner.
Though I could not agree more that one should never, or at least rarely, buy coins as an investment, no one wants to buy something and watch it...
I have dabbled in medieval hammered coins and also own a few shabby Roman coins. Recently, ancients have started to pull me in inexorably. I can't...
There were gold pound, and half pound, coins minted in the time of Elizabeth I (late 16th century). They are immensely beautiful things and...
At coin shows I sometimes see booths with jars overflowing with steel cents labeled "steel cents - 25 cents each." People hoarded this issue at...
Actually, it's the other way around: Kennedy did have a secretary named Lincoln (Evelyn Lincoln), bit Lincoln didn't have a secretary named...
It's a dangerous world out there. You came to the right place.
Augh! There is a show within driving distance!! Crew!! Lash me to the mast!!! Protect me from the harpies!!!!!
Very awesome! I love the depiction of the King's armored head! ...and who says Latin is a dead language? :D
One last thought, I swear this is the last one :rolleyes:, the airplane is probably just a play on the parlor's name, since the 747 is also known...
After thinking a little more, and this should have been obvious to me sooner, the katakana actually reads "Jumbo 7." The katakana alphabet is used...
Ah, sorry, I just noticed that you had already mentioned that above. I think that clinches it as a pachinko token for the parlor indicated. I'm...
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