This is from the Snopes Urban Legend website: Coins left on military tombstones denote visits from living soldiers. While visiting some...
From ABC News: Theft of 840K Coins Sends NY Meter-Man to Prison A former Buffalo, N.Y., parking meter mechanic has been sentenced to 2 1/2...
[IMG] "Mommy, mommy, we finally made it onto a coin!" [IMG] United States Dollar Coin 2013 - Wild Turkey, Wolf, Turtle :)
I finally got around to watching this film, which involves a modern-day treasure hunt in Africa for an 1865 Confederate battleship. The treasure...
Eric Shipton was a British mountaineer in the 1930's. In 1934 he and a partner, H. W. Tilman, three Sherpas, and some porters went to find a way...
Buy the coin and get the story. [IMG] Portugal Peca 5600 Reis 1750-R (Rio de Janiero mint) Size: 32mm Weight: 14.30gm (approx) Gold: 0.4215oz...
When I was a kid in the 1960's, I would sometimes order world coins by mail. Among them were coins from a place called "Reunion", which I had...
These started appearing on Ebay's "My Ebay" page around 3:00pm PST today (June 27, 2013). Ebay technical discussion board:...
This old story has been re-discovered by NBC News national: ---------------------------------------- A wooden fishing dhow lies near the...
From CBS News: Some dogs will eat just about anything, from chicken bones to plants to prescription pills. Common household items pose...
I have had this Russian Czarist medallion since the 1960's when I found it in a Califoria coin dealer's "foreign" box. [IMG] Obverse: Head...
This small museum is located in the Bank of California building at 400 California Street, near Sansome. The Greek style building dates from 1908....
[IMG] Leon and Eddie's Nightclub Good Luck Coin Obverse: Figure of Leon and Eddie thumbing noses at each other LEON & EDDIE'S 33 W 52...
[IMG] Susan B. Anthony Dollar 1979-S [IMG] Millard Fillmore Dollar 2010-D Mrs. Anthony was on trial for voting. Mr. Fillmore was a spectator. :)
I realize that this is an ordinary bullion coin but I had to have one. [IMG] United States Gold Buffalo 2013 - Uncirculated My herd of...
Navy budgetary belt-tightening may have reached a new - if temporary - low. Officials have frozen the purchase of commanders’ coins - also known...
[IMG] B. Max Mehl Good Luck Token The obverse has a figure twirling a lasso. The reverse has a horseshoe and: B. MAX MEHL / NUMISMATIST -...
These tokens are common but this one is in nice shape and has a nice design. This one has both bridges, the Golden Gate Bridge and Bay Bridge....
The 2005 film "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" features a United States Peace silver dollar. The Wonka Candy Factory runs a contest where five...
"Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" is a 1971 film about Charlie, a boy who wins a trip to a magical candy factory [IMG] Charlie is looking...
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