Topic: Coin Collecting

Rare Greek coin could sell for $2.5 million at auction

(Reuters) - Greece's financial crisis could certainly use the help of a drachma -- provided it's the 2400-year-old coin that is poised to fetch $2.5 million when it is auctioned next month.The Dekadrachm of Akragas, which was minted in Sicily and dates ...

Heirs, US govt battle in court over rare coins

The heirs to a renowned Philadelphia jeweler are locked in a court battle with the US government over the ownership of 10 rare gold coins from 1933 worth an estimated $75 million.The government contends the coins were stolen because the 1933 Double ...

This soars in a gold bull market

But you haven't missed it yetIn every gold bull market since we went off the gold standard 40 years ago, this particular asset has soared by hundreds of percent. But so far in this current bull market, this asset hasn't done a ...

U.S. probes allegations of phony September 11 coins

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities said on Tuesday they are investigating a New York coin dealer accused of selling phony September 11 commemorative coins supposedly made of metal from Ground Zero."These allegations are enormously troubling," said Jon Leibovitz, chairman of the ...

Rare Coin Investment Risks

People make investments of different kinds in the hope of increasing their return on the money invested. Investors try to diversify their investment portfolios to lower their investment risks. These investors place a certain percentage of their investment capital into safe investments, ...

Holocaust Money of the Lodz Ghetto

On my return from Auschwitz, I found in my pocket a strange coin of a light weight metal alloy, which I have saved to this very day. It is scratched and corroded, and on one side of it has the Jewish star, ...

A coin is worth more than a coin

Coin collectors, old and new, have always wondered whether the coin or coins they have in their possession are worth more than the face value today - or in the foreseeable future. This rule is true in some cases and - fortunately ...
In celebration of our 10th anniversary, we asked some of our all-time favorite designers to whip up T-shirts in honor of, well, us. Cotton T-shirt, $40, Tommy Hilfiger, 212-223-1824 . Kicking things off is this great, graphic version from Tommy Hilfiger, available ...
While the Museum of Connecticut History in Hartford has much of what you'd expect from a state museum - portraits of the governors, historic photographs, military flags - it also has several of the more unique collections found in any state museum. ...
(A special exhibition of paper currency issued before and during the period of the founding of State of Israel was presented at an unique exhibition at the Kadman Numismatic Pavilion, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel - Ms Cecilia Meir, curator. ) ...
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