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Helmets on Ancient Greek Coins (Thu, 26 May 2022)
By Steve Benner for CoinWeek …..   In this article, I want to cover some of the ancient Greek helmets that can be found on ancient coins. This may be a rehash of previous articles, but the subject interested me and also pointed out my ignorance of what were the various types of helmets worn […] The post Helmets on Ancient Greek Coins appeared first on CoinWeek.
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Most Valuable Coin Ever Sold in Germany Returns to US (Thu, 26 May 2022)
By John Saunders ……   The auction house of Künker sold a Double Rose Noble Piedfort issued by the Hanseatic League city of Kampen for €700,000 plus 20% buyer’s premium for a total of €840,000 (approx. $940,000 USD) on March 22, 2022. Shipment of the coin to the buyer in the United States had to […] The post Most Valuable Coin Ever Sold in Germany Returns to US appeared first on CoinWeek.
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PCGS Registry Set Mexican Gold 50 Peso Collection at David Lawrence Rare Coins (Thu, 26 May 2022)
Sunday Auction #1224 from David Lawrence Rare Coins (DLRC) is now live and features over 500 total lots – including more than 20 Vault Values and 75 No Reserve Lots. Included in the variety of fantastic PCGS-, NGC-, and CAC-approved items in this week’s sale is a popular first-year 1857 Flying Eagle 1c PCGS/CAC MS66; […] The post PCGS Registry Set Mexican Gold 50 Peso Collection at David Lawrence Rare Coins appeared first on CoinWeek.
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Previously Known 1943-S Doubled Die Cent Discovered to Be Overdate (Thu, 26 May 2022)
By Tom DeLorey ……   About 45 years ago, collector Del Romines came into my office at Coin World’s “Collectors Clearinghouse” with two well-worn 1943-P nickels that he thought were 1943/2-P overdates. I thought that he might be right, so I took pictures of his coins, published them, and asked if anybody had a higher-grade […] The post Previously Known 1943-S Doubled Die Cent Discovered to Be Overdate appeared first on CoinWeek.
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