Jay North, who starred as the towheaded mischief maker on television's "Dennis the Menace" for four seasons starting in 1959, has died. Many of...
Benicia is a small town near San Francisco, California. It was a US Army base during the California Gold Rush and was briefly the state capitol in...
[IMG] Samuel Bridge Medal awarded to Noble Hamilton in 1902 Silver, 34 mm, 20.21 gm Obverse: Samuel Bridge facing left, GIFT OF SAMUEL BRIDGE...
Max Mallowan was a British archaeologist in the 1930's. In the late 1930's he was working in Syria at Chagar Bazar, a site located near Syria's...
I had some time on my hands. Harun al-Rashid (Life: AD 763-809 Reign: AD 786-809) was the caliph of the "Arabian Nights." This coin has no mint...
Archaeologists working in Poland's Wdecki Landscape Park in Stara Rzeka found the buried body of a German soldier who died on the battlefield...
[IMG] Samuel Bridge Medal awarded to Jack Penderboy in 1913 Silver, 42 mm, 24.40 gm, medal mounted in silver bezel Obverse: Samuel Bridge facing...
Many Spanish coins circulated in the American colonies including the Spanish Pistole or two escudo coin. The term "Pistole" was originally a...
There was an article in the news recently about a Williamsburg garden that was uncovered by archaeologists. From CBS News: Archaeologists unearth...
From NBC/Reuters: The 47-year-old man is accused of stealing 64,000 unreleased, limited-edition coins, according to "Strike Force Bandit," a...
I bought this token because the store was located in Berkeley (California) near the University of California. [IMG] Herbert Jones Men's...
On June 8, 1924 the British climbers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine started from a camp in Tibet and disappeared into the clouds around the...
In December 2004 I had to go to Redwood City (California) to get my car fixed. While waiting I walked by the court house where the Scott Peterson...
From the 1942 MGM short film "Traveltalks - Exotic Mexico": In Tehuantepec are scenes of local women called "Tehuanas" who wear jewelry made from...
A San Francisco coin collector and shop owner plans to give away $10,000 worth of rare coins in a scavenger hunt. He's hoping to get more people...
Several years ago I saw the 1987 film "Black Widow" which was about two women, Debra Winger as an FBI analyst and Theresa Russell as a woman who...
One doesn't see this every day, an Italian coin embedded in a piece of volcanic lava. These items have been manufactured by Italian entrepreneurs...
The Texas Centennial half dollar was issued to commemorate the centennial of Texas independence from Mexico in 1836. The coins were issued for...
From The Associated Press: Four men have been charged over the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet from Blenheim Palace, the sprawling English...
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....
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