An unusual reason for purchasing a United States coin for me. Benicia was the California State Capital during the year 1853 and the restored...
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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...
Another coin on display at the nearby Benicia State Capitol building, a half dollar from the year that Benicia was the state capitol: [IMG]...
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...
A good day at the Coinstar machine: [IMG] Two dimes, 1961-D and 1964-D, a 1943-S cent, a 1976-D cent. Also a 1989 quarter with so many errors...
Great Minds collect alike: [IMG] Bronze, 20mm, 4.11gm Obverse: GREEN CHEESE PENNY / Cow jumping over moon Reverse: MOON MONEY $$ / NASA Apollo...
[IMG] Spanish America Mexico 8 Reales 1748 Silver, 38.0 mm, 26.84 gm :)
The Peninsula Coin Club of Palo Alto, California salutes Barbie: [IMG] Peninsula Coin Club medal Barbie Hall of Fame Bronze, 38 mm, 21.14 gm...
[IMG] Mary Poppins will give the British response: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Semiquincentennial :)
My St. Patrick's Day Coinstar find: [IMG] It's from England! :)
One can really have fun identifying coins with Arabic writing. [IMG] Abbasid Caliphate Dinar, Harun al-Rashid, Baghdad, AH 186 (AD 802) Gold,...
[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...
Here is a far-out explanation for the two sen coin: "The Two-Sen Copper Coin" is a Japanese mystery story written by Hirai Taro under the name...
[IMG] A scene from the 1967 television program "The Invaders" showing that even space aliens disguised as humans had to use pay telephones back...
The film "The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre" (1964) has a creepy old house haunted by 1964 United States coins including silver half dollars, quarters,...
Chickens lay eggs. :)
A local house is known as the "Chicken Ranch" as the owners keep a number of the birds. They have this little item on display, a bowl or cup with...
This coin was minted the year that the Disney film "Mary Poppins" was set in England. [IMG] Britain Sovereign 1910 - Edward VII One of the...
Fred C. Dobbs? :)
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