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....
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...
The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office has advised hikers not to be lured in by counterfeit cash placed around Multnomah Falls. Portland...
A Barbie Medal from the Peninsula Coin Club of Palo Alto, California: [IMG] Peninsula Coin Club medal Barbie Hall of Fame Bronze, 38 mm, 21.14 gm...
In the 1942 movie "Road to Morocco" Bing Crosby tells Bob Hope that he has a 1911 Buffalo Nickel. [IMG] "Road to Morocco" Bing Crosby and Bob...
I first heard of the Cistophoric Tetradrachms when a man in Greece emailed me with a question about these ancient coins. I run a small internet...
I have wanted a Great Britain Maundy coin set since I was a kid and finally got this one from 1941. Maundy Thursday is the day before Good Friday...
Marilyn Monroe, the greatest American movie actress, was born on June 1, 1926 which means that 2026 will be the centennial of her birth. We...
[IMG] United States Steel Corporation Medal - 30 Years Service Size: 32 mm, 21.65 gm, Sterling silver Obverse: United States Steel Corporation E....
A woman I know was cleaning out an old house and gave me some coins and tokens that she found. The tokens were mostly Las Vegas casino dollar...
Theodore Roosevelt's 1914 trip to Brazil and a numismatic gold coin mystery In 1912 former United States president Theodore Roosevelt lost his...
I run a "Coins in Movies" and "Coins on Television" website and sometimes receive emails with questions. A man wrote to me recently with an...
"Hot Millions" is a 1968 British crime caper comedy. Marcus Pendleton (Peter Ustinov) is released from prison, passes himself off as a computer...
Congress has not approved any commemorative coins for 2025! :)
I spent six weeks in Argentina in 1981 and received these two coins in change: [IMG] Argentina 50 Pesos 1979 Aluminum-bronze, 26.2 mm, 7.6 gm...
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