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| Coin Sold For 12 Million Dollars. Source: See Press Las Vegas link below. |
A Las Vegas man has sold a historic silver dollar coin to a company in California for $12 million.
The coin itself is believed to be the first silver dollar ever made by the U.S. Mint, and experts say it is in great condition. Vegas business executive Bruce Morelan paid $10,016,875 for the coin in 2013 and exhibited it across the country and in Europe, according to Great Collections Coin Auctions, the Irvine, California, company that bought the coin...
Russell said 1,758 of the coins were made in Philadelphia on a hand-turned press and delivered to government officials in October 1794.
“Only about 140 still survive, and this 1794 silver dollar is the only known specimen-striking, substantially better than the examples in the Smithsonian Institution’s National Numismatic Collection and the American Numismatic Association Museum,” Russell said.
According to Russell, the coin is now the most valuable silver coin in the world and the second most valuable rare coin of any kind.
Here is the link.
Las Vegas man sells one of the world’s rarest coins for $12M - Press Las Vegas
Thanks to SuperRick for that link.
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I showed photos of the beach at Seagrape Trail that were taken by Alberto a couple days ago. The beach continues to erode. Here are some more recent photos taken by DJ. You can see where the renourishment sand is washing out.
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| Beach At Seagrape Trail. |
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| Beach at Seagrape Trail. |
DJ commented that they covered up much of the walkway that they just rebuilt a few months ago.
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Not long ago I posted a list of the top ten most-read Treasure Beaches Report posts. The most read posts aren't always my favorite posts, and I had no idea why some were so popular.
Did you notice that the post featuring the amazing 2015 300th anniversary find of 224 gold coins was not included as one of the top ten? It is hard to believe that it has been over five years since that find was made, and it is even harder to believe that it wasn't among the top ten posts. Still, it was close. It was number 13.
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| Big 300th Anniversary 1715 Fleet Gold Coins. |
I knew about that find days before I was able to post it, but I had to wait for the official press release before posting it.
Below is that link along with numbers 11, 12, and then 14 and 15.
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| Source: MagicSeaWeed.com |
Expect a decreasing surf today.
The only hope for improvement would be areas that could be affected by the change in wind direction. Not much surf coming.
Happy hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net