I looked at the coin again and the date does look like 1896. :)
I haven't seen real United States gold coins on a television program before (except for documentaries). I bought a DVD with several episodes of...
The episode of the American television program "Gunsmoke" shows a large octagonal pioneer gold coin. I bought a "Lost Dutchman Mine" coin...
I was in high school in 1964 and was into coins then. I wrote a term paper on the US coin silver issue for an American History class, and...
Certainly an interesting item. The lady on the obverse might be Eve of the Bible being tempted with an apple. How big is it? :)
Is the Walter Montague in the "Racing Needs a Commissioner" article the same Walter on the coin? There were probably a lot of guys selling...
I received this interesting little item yesterday from Canada: [IMG] Obverse: MIRACLE SYSTEM LUCKY PIECE GUARANTEED TURF PROFITS EASY FOR...
This large item was supposedly made for a television program: [IMG] Obverse: Miner with pan, LOST DUTCHMAN, 1860 Reverse: Rattlesnake, LOST...
Looks like one of these, Zurich Schilling: http://www.rhinocoins.com/swiss/zuri4.html Is there a date on the coin? :)
Martian dust appears on the surface of a penny in a photo by the Mars Hand Lens Imager aboard NASA's Curiosity rover on October 2....
[IMG] United States Large Cent 1848 :)
I wasn't making this up. http://www.cointalk.org/threads/royal-mint-coins-to-mark-prince-george-christening.236854 :)
I suspect that someone has some surplus North Korean bullion coins for sale. :)
I cleaned my medal off a little bit and it looks like I have the $15 gold-plated version. :)
I have one of the bronze medals I ordered in 1976, the $5.00 one. [IMG] Bicentennial Medal Bronze in plastic case I wanted to weigh it but it...
I have a copy of the Lucius Verus fake and have wondered if the designer chose the Roman chariot and four horses for the reverse because it is...
Thank you. :)
It looks like the signatures under posts are no longer displayed. :(
[IMG] Southern Rhodesia Half Crown 1942 I posted some others earlier under "1947 was a good year in Southern Rhodesia"...
I am not making this up: The christening of Prince William and Kate's firstborn, Prince George, will be marked with a set of commemorative...
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