Archive for January, 2008
Torch Wielding Thieves Arrested for Stealing $750,000 in Rare and Common Coins
Dec. 16, 2007 wasn’t a good day for Chester (Chet) Endress, a 73-year old coin collector and owner of Chet’s Coin Shop. That day thieves burglarized Mr. Endress’s business by cutting through an adjacent store wall. The robbers then proceeded to torch the shop’s safe to steal approximately $750,000 worth of rare and […]
Posted: January 31st, 2008 under Coin Collecting News.
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Stanford Coins and Bullion Sells Rare 1870-S Seated Liberty Dollar for $1.3 Million
Houston, TX – Houston-based Stanford Coins and Bullion announced it has sold the historic 1870-S Seated Liberty Dollar Eliasberg Specimen for $1.3 million to Certified Acceptance Corp. (CAC), a New Jersey-based company founded and owned by John Albanese. Stanford Coins and Bullion, part of the Stanford Financial […]
Posted: January 31st, 2008 under Coin Collecting News.
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Harvey Reappointed as Director of Royal Canadian Mint
Ghislain Harvey has been reappointed as director of the Royal Canadian Mint for another two years. The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities made the announcement Wednesday, Jan. 30.
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Posted: January 30th, 2008 under Coin Collecting News.
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