Liege (Luttich, Leodicum) Bishopric (Belgium, Low Countries) Johann Theodor von Bayern, Bishop, 1744-63 Copper 2 L (Liards) 17?1 (Must be...
Septimius Severus Some consider him responsible for the Fall of Rome. Gibbon ("Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire") blamed Severus for...
Or how about "Bad Boys of Rome"? (Caligula, Elagabalus, Commodus...)
When I see that design, I keep thinking of the 1960 movie "The Misfits" where Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift round up wild horses in Nevada for...
I remember reading that there was a "price list" found in Pompey which stated that a denarius would buy a girl for one night.
Christopher Plummer played Commodus in the 1964 film "The Fall of the Roman Empire", which is probably the best of the 1950's-1960's Roman...
I bought this Pillar Dollar because it was 200 years old when I was born. [IMG]
He takes Bidpay which has gone out of business. I wonder what the Chinese printing on the slab means in English?
Looks like this item has been pulled off of Ebay prematurely by the seller. For details of these coins see my article: Article I found the...
The Cheney shooting did not inspire this listing as the seller listed the coin before around January 22 and it didn't sell. By the way, the...
My favorite Ebay item description "LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE FLIPED IT IN THE AIR AND SHOT A SHOTGUN AT IT STILL IN EXECELENT CONDITION"...
The US presidents used to be great men. Now we have "knaves, thieves, and actors".
Arizona State Quarter design From The Arizona Republic: Article: Article 1 Another article: Article 2
This sounds like an urban legend. Can anyone cite an actual incident (news story) where kidnappers used a trail of coins to grab a kid?
Maybe it is a "war" dollar and has seen action.
It appears to have done some hard service in China judging by the condition and the chopmark.
My father saved a lot of these in the 1930's and I have them in a tea jar. Some are metal, some are plastic. Pretty interesting.
Charles III and George III had a competition going.
I noticed that this joker will not ship to APO/FPO (US military) boxes. So I guess he isn't interested in military customers.
Why do these jokers always put "God Bless" in their auctions?
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