I had a copy of Douglass Wallop's novel The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant but I gave it to someone. The book is about a Washington Senators...
Washington Turkeys :)
James Ramsey Ullman wrote a novel in 1945 called The White Tower. The book was made into a film in 1950 with Glenn Ford, Lloyd Bridges, and Alida...
I had a hard time matching one of the letters on the Cyrillic (Russian) side of the coin (the side with the Maltese Cross). The Cyrillic middle...
I didn't know anyone else was interested in these: [IMG] Germany 2 Kopecks 1916 - Military Coinage Eastern front Iron, 24 mm, 5.88 gm [IMG]...
My Louix XVI Ecu: [IMG] France Ecu 1784-A Paris Silver, 41.0 mm x 42.0 mm, 29.10 gm Obverse: Louis XVI facing left LUD XVI DG FR ET NAV REX...
Bramsen's Napoleonic Medals The full title of this catalog is: Ludvig Ernst Bramsen Médaillier Napoléon le Grand ou Description des Médailles,...
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My Elizabeth sixpence is not in as good shape as lordmarcovan's: [IMG] England Silver Sixpence 1561 Elizabeth I Obverse: Crowned bust of...
According to Numista, 1760-1771 was .917, 1772-1785 was .901, and 1786-1788 and later was .875. :)
If they had Arabic writing on them... :)
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San Francisco news article: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Pandemic-takes-a-bite-Chuck-E-Cheese-files-for-15365657.php Chuck E. Cheese is a...
Great article and beautiful coins. :)
An excellent book on the subject of Islamic coins is Richard Plant's book Arabic Coins and How To Read Them (Spink and Son Ltd, 1980). I bought a...
As far as I can determine this is what the Arabic/Persian script on the coin is: The obverse field is: دار العبادة Dar al-ibadat (Abode of...
I bought several Islamic and Mughal coins recently and spent some time attempting to read the Arabic text on them with the help of Richard Plant's...
[IMG] Abbasid Dinar Harun al-Rashid Baghdad AD 802 (AH 186) Gold, 18.5 mm, 4.02 gm Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid AD 786-809 (AH 170-193) Mint:...
Forrest Fenn is back. :)
Wear goggles or eye protection whichever method you use. The plastic parts like to fly around. :)
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