My first Coinstar find in two months, a coin from Turkey: [IMG] Turkey 50 Bin Lira 2000 Nickel-brass, 28.0 mm, 11.65 gm Bin is one thousand and...
There's another Jupiter-Venus conjunction coming on Tuesday June 9, 2026. :)
India state of Indore Rupee 1890-1898 Shah Alam II https://en.numista.com/36673 :)
Finally after two months a Coinstar find: [IMG] United States Lincoln Cent 1937 :)
The Anthony Adverse quotes: Chapter 26: When I was nine years old he brought me a penny after a successful v'y'ge to Nassau. Sir, I had to show...
The specific coin and it's inscription are mentioned in Hervey Allen's 1933 novel Anthony Adverse. The book was set in the Napoleonic era and is...
Delhi Sultanate? :)
I believe that the coin is dated AH 184 (AD 800/801). :)
The Sri Lanka Great Basses Mughal India Aurangzeb shipwreck treasure This 1961 find was the basis for Arthur C. Clarke's 1964 book The Treasure...
[IMG] Chile 50 Centavos 1870 Silver, 30.0 mm, 12.46 gm Overdate I once rode a train from Antofagasta Chile to La Paz Bolivia. The dryest desert...
"The Great Sinner" from 1949, another film with German Prussia coins: [IMG] The coin obverse shown is a post 1871 German unification Prussia...
"Yankee Buccaneer" - good film. :)
[IMG] 1. Title The 1944 film "Raiders of Ghost City" is a Western serial film with 13 chapters. The film is set in 1865 as the Civil War was...
When I saw that this thread had reappeared, and since I have a vested interest in it, I rephotographed my Elgin Watch token: [IMG] Elgin Watch...
[IMG] Susan B. Anthony and Cleopatra Yes, that Cleopatra, the seducer of Caesar and Mark Antony. :)
I check the local Coinstar every day. Haven't found one yet. :)
Russia minted interesting money in the old days. Ivan IV was born in 1530. He became the Grand Prince of Moscow 1533 to 1547 with his mother...
I have had these three coins since the 1960's: [IMG] Bhutan 25 Naya Paisa 1966 Copper-nickel, 19 mm, 2.9 gm King Jigme Wangchuk (1906-1952)...
[IMG] Russia 10 kopecks 2005 :)
[IMG] The Solomon Islands Adaro meets the Welsh Dragon! :)
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