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Bookmark or Share- Alexander & Darius - Coin TalkPainting by Guillaume Courtois, Jacques Courtois ("Le Bourguignon"), and Pietro Berrettini Da Cortona, created between 1662–1664, depicting Alexander the Great and Darius III, located in the King's Apartment (Grand Couvert) at Versailles, dimensions 188.1 x 344.8 cm, oil on canvas.
- Mamlūks - Coin TalkMy latest post takes a look at the Mamlūks and their rise to power in Delhi and Egypt. This coin from the last of the Bahri Mamlūks during a brief 2nd reign.
- SHOW AND TELL TUESDAY! Post yours as well... - Coin TalkI had picked up a gunflint from a flintlock musket and some old pieces of plantation-era pottery moments before. I have two pet theories. Either it was lost by an early collector (a famous 19th century antiquarian happened to have lived nearby), or it came over a bit before that- maybe on a ship from England during the colonial era, where such ...
- ANACS MS-65 Stone Mountain Half Dollar - Coin TalkBorglum offered to finish the project and there was talk of borrowing money from Franklin Roosevelt’s Depression era Reconstruction Finance Corporation to fund it, but nothing came from those ideas. Gutzon Borglum would win lasting fame from his work at Mt. Rushmore, South Dakota which has become one of our nation’s most imposing landmarks.
- Gold Dollar Coin Bracelet on the Bay! ¸.•'´¯)¸.•'´¯ (ツ)And that is why I haven't bought (or sold) anything on that site in at least 12 years, probably 13. I simply don't trust people trying to make a quick buck and really don't have the desire to have fight / argue / waste my time simply to have something that went south get corrected, and that counts for both buying and selling.
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