The above link (docstoc) wants a LOGIN to view the article. I remember from some time in the 1960's somebody wrote to a coin magazine asking...
Olympic Gold Medals Are Made Up Mostly of Silver Next week in London, athletes from around the world will go for the gold. But as it turns out,...
There is no way to tell the 1949 Sun Yat Sen dollar resrikes from the 1934 originals. The original 1934 dies were made in Philadelphia and were...
Be sure of what? :)
The Sun Yat Sen dollar, if authentic, could have been made in America. In 1949 the three US mints struck 30,000,000 of them for the Republic of...
Sudan 5 Mils 1973 :)
Humphrey Bogart wants one: [IMG] "Say, mister. Will you stake a fellow American to a meal?" From "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"...
The coins feature all Olympic and Paralympic sports and are produced by the Royal Mint in Llantrisant. More London Olympics 50p coins are...
What about Flying Squirrel lovers? :)
These are common Chinese silver dollar sized coins, if authentic. The first two are from the early 1900's, the third is from the 1930's....
This item arrived from Great Britain today: [IMG] The Pharoah faces left and the Sphinx faces right. It is similar to the Egypt Magic...
I didn't know the OP's coin was also a 1966 when I posted my picture above. I must be psychic! The coin has a pretty design with the...
Does it look like this? [IMG] Bahamas 1 Cent 1966 Hopefully the OP's coin is in better shape than this one. :)
Somehow my previous post got posted twice. :)
Maybe CoinTalk can merge the various threads on Dr. Weiss into one. http://www.cointalk.com/t209273 There has been speculation that the...
I remember how disappointed I was to learn that the Olympic gold medals awarded to first-place finishers were gold-plated only. :)
From Ebay: Bidding has ended on this item. 0 bids. There were lots of red flags with this item. :)
Most people now would not recognize the name Carole Lombard, but she was a well-known movie star of the 1930's. She was married to Clark Gable,...
Dr. Weiss makes a plea bargain. A prominent coin collector thought he had some valuable, ancient pieces with a problem: They shouldn't have...
Been there and done that: [IMG] My grandmother bought these decorative plates shortly after World War II. Five-star admirals and...
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