China had a complicated monetary system in the 1920's and here is a description of how it functioned in the remote province of Kansu (Gansu)....
The Father Flanagan Omaha Boys Town gets a clad half-dollar, a silver dollar, and a five-dollar gold piece and the Lions Club International gets a...
The Monroe Doctrine Commemorative 1923 Half Dollar: [IMG] United States Half Dollar 1923-S - Monroe Doctrine Commemorative Specs: Silver, 30mm,...
November 20, 1818, a date which will live not in infamy but in historical trivia. Monterey, California holds the dubious distinction of being the...
I took this photograph at my place near San Francisco recently. [IMG] A pair of owls in a tree Pine cones, too. The bird looked familiar,...
Rhodesia was briefly an independent state in southern Africa from 1964 to 1979. It had previously been known as Southern Rhodesia, a British...
[IMG] Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem gold Bezant Specs: 20mm, 3.90gm, struck AD 1148-1187 In 1099 when the Pope launched the Crusades, gold coins...
This Egyptian coin commemorates the third anniversary of the revolution which ousted the infamous King Farouk. [IMG] Egypt Pound 1955 - Third...
The California Gold Rush was a major event in the state's history and early in the 20th century San Francisco's Irvine & Jachens medal company and...
This tiny gold coin is possibly the smallest modern machine-struck coin ever made. [IMG] Guatemala 4 Reales 1860 Obverse: Rafael Carrera facing...
Today, the US Court of Appeals Third Circuit decided in favor of the US Government in the long-running Langbord-Switt 1933 Double Eagle case. The...
I live in California and today I walked by the market CoinStar machine and saw a shiny coin. [IMG] Cuba 10 Centavos 2013 As we all know, Ebay...
I became interested in the 1953 Universal-International color film "City Beneath the Sea" after I saw the title in an article about the John J....
I received this interesting item recently, it is a San Francisco Schools Samuel Bridge medal in bronze: [IMG] Samuel Bridge Medal - Bronze The...
I have had this little item since the 1960's: [IMG] Egypt 50 Piastres 1930 (AH 1349) Gold, 20mm, 4.25gm, Krause World Coins KM-353 About the size...
I've seen the face before but where? [IMG] New Orleans Mardi Gras token :)
From television station KTVU News: (Richmond is located near Oakland and San Francisco, California) A 94-year-old woman was attacked in her...
I always wanted a Venetian Ducat and now I have one: [IMG] Venice Ducat Doge Pasquale Cicogna 1585-1595 Obverse: Left Saint Mark, standing and...
Egyptian Magic Coins (tokens) are usually made of bronze or brass but not this one: [IMG] Egyptian Magic Coin, zinc, 32mm, 7.11gm A really cheap...
This ordinary 30mm copper-nickel coin has a "busy" reverse: [IMG] British Caribbean Territories 50 Cents 1955 This coin was the largest of a...
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