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Trivia time: Although the coin is very often depicted in this orientation, the Zeppelin depicted on these coins isn't supposed to be flying horizontal, but pointing upwards slightly. The true up… (View Post)

A "roll", for practical purposes, needs to come up to a full dollar amount if possible, provided that doing so was not too unweildy. Thus, you'd need 50 2 cent pieces to make a $1 roll… (View Post)

The denomination is usually spelled "tetrobol", and the city is usually spelled "Byzantion" or Romanized to "Byzantium" - the city which would eventually become re-made … (View Post)

Even in a country like the US where "finders keepers" is the general rule for finding lost treasure, there are recognized exceptions. You can't go digging around a Civil War battlefiel… (View Post)

When copper oxidizes, two compounds can form: copper(II) oxide CuO, which is black. And copper(I) oxide Cu2O, which is red. Under "normal" conditions of a coin in circulation you typically … (View Post)