I have always used the foam ring Airtites because I feared that the direct fit might end up too direct. Have you tried removing a coin from a...
Maybe it's an instruction on where to shoot the person... does anyone know just where "the spoot" is? That would require clarification... "If you...
I love medieval hammered coins, especially ones with mad cows. I gave it a 9. I can't quite make out the Latin on the obverse. "Civitas..."...
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I give the smashing groat a jolly 10 as well.
I tend to avoid toned coins, but occasionally one comes along that just works for both filling a space in a collection with a certain amount of...
Polymer bills have also changed the landscape quite a bit. Canada, the UK and other countries now circulate them and they last quite a bit longer...
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In early 1999, to commemorate the 100th anniversary (in Hijri or lunar years) of the founding of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Arabian...
Very nice write up of fascinating historical events. The West had an extremely different interaction with Japan for various reasons that...
I think so, but wasn't completely sure, so that's why I put 1280/1. I think you have to subtract 1, though. So either 1280 = 1864 or 1281 = 1865....
Ottoman. Egypt/Cairo mint (مصر). 10 Para. Date =٤+ ١٢٧٧ + 1277 = 1280/1 Hijri or 1864 Gregorian. That would put it during the reign of Abdul...
I'm trying to learn how to read Arabic coins, so please let me know if I've done anything wrong while trying to follow along. The bottom date on...
I think they were legit, but extremely regionalized. This article has more information on the 63 some local currencies that then existed. It...
Has anyone ever come across any of these local Capivari bills from Brazil? About 9 years ago, NPR ran a story on this currency and I have yet to...
Whoa - someone showed that coin a little too much love! :D
Some of the proposed designs from the mint that people have posted over the past few years have made me cry.
I have to start using cash again. I haven't used a tangible bill for maybe over a year now. Not intentionally, I just haven't needed to.
Randy Newman recorded Long's song "Every Man A King" and also wrote a song about Long called "Kingfish." Both appear on his 1974 album "Good Old...
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