Belgium Brussels Exposition 50 Francs 1935 Robot Coins I began collecting modern foreign coins in the mid 1960's and I bought a 1966 world coins...
Keep it or sell it? Deciding what to do with the family silver From the San Jose Mercury News, July 7, 2022: There's no right and wrong here,...
This coin is my first Coinstar foreign coin find in some time. [IMG] Jamaica One Dollar 1996 Nickel-steel, 18.0 mm, 2.90 gm Some time ago the...
This month the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) cable channel has been showing films starring Chinese-American actress Anna May Wong. Before showing...
The Mughal India Emperor Shah Jahan (Born: AD 1592 Died: AD 1666 Reign: AD 1628-1658) called himself "Sahib Qiran" which meant the "Lord of the...
In 1964 I lived in California and wrote to many government mints asking to buy coins. Most did not sell directly to customers and referred me to...
A congressman has proposed a US commemorative coin program to honor dogs in 2023. From Coin World: Dogs could receive 2023 commemorative coin...
One of the most famous people connected to the Crusades was Al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub, better known as "Saladin". Saladin was born in...
I ordered this coin on Ebay from a large dealer in Ohio to be shipped to California. [IMG] United States $5 1848 Gold, 21.6 mm, 8.32 gm The...
Barbados declares itself a republic, cutting colonial-era ties with Britain and Queen Elizabeth II CBS News article:...
The American CBS Television network ran it's weekly "60 Minutes" television program and today (November 21, 2021) presented a program on Roman...
The 1931 Universal Studios film "Dracula" is 80 years old now but is still a well known motion picture. Actor Bela Lugosi portrayed Bram Stoker's...
A coin from the last days of the Ottoman Empire: [IMG] Turkey 20 Kurush (Piastres) AH 1327 (AD 1909) Regnal Year 9 (AD 1917) Silver, 37 mm,...
Recently I acquired a British silver threepence of King George III dated 1763: [IMG] Great Britain Threepence 1763 Silver, 17.5 x 17.0 mm, 1.46...
There are many posts about Coinstar and similar change redemption machine coin finds, but how about the grocery store automatic change machine...
There's a silver dollar in it. Work crews were still searching Thursday morning for a time capsule they believed was buried inside the pedestal...
This Egyptian medallion is based on an Austria-Hungary Empire gold coin. [IMG] Egyptian Ladies Medallion Brass, 40 mm, 10.88 gm Obverse:...
[IMG] Hungary 20 Korona 1897 Gold, 21 mm, 6.75 gm Obverse: Emperor Franz Joseph I. standing FERENCZ.JÓZSEF I.K.A.CS ÉS M.H.S.D.O.AP.KIR 1897...
[IMG] Harry Healy Trading Post token, Good For $1.00 Aluminum, 38 mm, 4.20 gm Obverse: HARRY HEALY Reverse: GOOD FOR $1.00 IN TRADE This...
From the Associated Press: A book checked out a half-century ago has been anonymously returned to a library in northeastern Pennsylvania,...
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