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Rare 350-year-old coin found in old cabinet sells for $2.5 million at auction
The bidding war went on for 12 minutes with auctioneer Ben Orooji, Director of US Coin Auctions at Stack's Bowers Galleries, calling it "a career highlight." ...
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American colonial period silver coin shatters auction record, sells for $2.5 million
An American silver coin from before the American Revolution that was recovered in an old cabinet in Amsterdam ... according to a statement from Stack’s Bowers Galleries, the auction house ...
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Rare silver coin struck before the American Revolution sets auction record, selling for $2.52 million
The threepence coin was struck in 1652 in Boston just weeks after the first mint in the then-British colony had opened, according to a statement released Monday by Stack’s Bowers Galleries ...
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Rare coin found in piece of furniture sells for $2.52M at auction
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the year the coin was ... inside an old cabinet in Amsterdam around 2016, according to a news release Monday from Stack’s Bowers Galleries ...
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How could the halt on pennies affect collectors?
The obvious answer is that a halt in production would increase value, but a local coin collector and antique store owner says it may not be that simple. “Coins are a work of art,” Dave Simmons ...
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Old rare coins worth thousands – and could be in your pocket without realising
If you're a collector of some sort, owning a stash of rare coins could bag you quite the fortune. In the video, a female voice said: "Finding an old UK silver coin, what a beauty!" Showing the ...