Another Life Magazine advertisement with a numismatic theme from 1948: [IMG] Life Magazine August 9 1948 advertisement for Old Gold Cigarettes :)
They look like the Irish animal coins minted from the 1920's to the 1960's. [IMG] Ireland animal coin set from the 1950's :)
Will a Coinstar machine take it? :)
The San Francisco school district awarded the Samuel Bridge silver medals to the top male students of each city public school from 1879 to 1915....
Is it a copper or a zinc penny? (The US Mints made both kinds in 1982) :)
Coins on Television - Another Perry Mason episode - The Grinning Gorilla This episode is titled "The Case of the Grinning Gorilla" and was first...
A good day at the local Coinstar machine: Two CineMark tokens, a Century Theatres StarCade token, a 1971-S cent, and several dimes including a...
Post a couple of photographs and we'll let you know. :)
And here's a historical tidbit which may explain the medal. In the 1780's Spain and France were in a "cold war" with Britain. In March of 1780...
So it's all South Dakota's fault? :)
The film "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny": Near the end of the film when Indiana Jones and Helena Shaw find the grave of Archimedes, they...
It looks like the date is BE 15-54 or 1920. :)
From the "Annual Report of the Director of the Mint" for 1950 available on the Newman Numismatic Portal at: https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/341...
Today is actress Julie Newmar's birthday August 16. Julie Newmar's first credited film, using the name Julie Newmeyer, was the 1953 film "Serpent...
I really like the "Mayan Plumed Serpent" good luck coin. :)
I found a Bear in the Coinstar machine: [IMG] Canada 2 Dollars 1996 :)
One can purchase "Motion Picture" $100 bills on Ebay. :)
The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office has advised hikers not to be lured in by counterfeit cash placed around Multnomah Falls. Portland...
I am guessing that the "PEKA" on both sides of the medal is a manufacturer or "mintmark". :)
I refuse to collect coins of Mongolia until their government apologizes for the war crimes committed by Genghis Khan. :)
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