King Charles V of Spain gave Malta to the Knights of St. John in 1530. The Knights were required to send King Charles a falcon each year to...
I live fairly close to the San Francisco Mint.
Here's a nicer picture of Cleo from the Wildwinds database: [IMG] Here, she looks like the businesswoman that she was.
The date is CE 1938, AH 1307. There are supposedly a nickel and copper-nickel version with this date also.
What would "Kennedy and Kerry" have to do with US coins? Sounds like an Irish pub. :)
I posted some pictures of coins used in old movies on a website at: http://home.earthlink.net/~brianrxm/stuff/mobk_aa.htm The Devil and...
I would suppose that anything associated with the Latter Day Saints (Mormon) church would be objected to as a religious symbol. That would...
Wait until we get the First Pets® commemoratives featuring Socks the Cat, King Timahoe, Milly, etc.
[IMG] I used some computer tricks to lighten the image. Doesn't look real to me, either.
It sold for $26. I believe the purchaser is a board member.
Looks like a Yugoslavia telephone token. One buys the token from a kiosk or shop, then uses it in a coin-operated public telephone. ZAVOO ZA...
[IMG] Legend is "X8 SPAN 1833 Mo 10 FC". I don't know what that means.
What exactly did the album say about George W. Bush that is so upsetting?
I'll bet a lot of those sales were in the San Francisco area. The "Old Mint" has a lot of local interest but little national interest. I...
"Casa de Moneda" means (coin) mint. "Colleccion Banco de la Republica" means Collection, Bank of the Republic Looks like a souvenir token of...
This item looks like a reproduction sold to tourists as a risque souvenir.
I bought this one and a denarius of Tiberius both in 1982. My first Roman coins. [IMG] Elagabalus Denarius IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG...
I have never heard them called "victory nickels" before. The "V" is the Roman numeral for "5".
The motto "The Equality State" is going to remind a lot of people of "Brokeback Mountain". Quarter design links:...
This one commemorates the Roman invasion and conquest of Parthia (Iraq) in 116 AD. [IMG] IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIM AVG GER DAC Laureate...
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