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In October 2019, at the end of a long, dispiriting day, Andy Carter made a startling discovery. A retired scientist, the 65-year-old had joined 30 other amateur treasure hunters combing over a muddy farmer’s field in Norfolk, England. Most had begun to pack up after failing to find anything of significance.
Around 3:30 p.m., Carter’s metal detector pinged. He dug down about ten inches into the mud, uncovering a small gold coin...
“When I brushed off the soil, I saw the hind leg of a big cat,” Carter tells the Guardian's Harriet Sherwood. “I thought, ‘It can’t be a leopard.’”
As it turned out, the feline engraved on the 23-karat gold coin was indeed a leopard. Known as a leopard florin, it was minted under Edward III and sold at auction yesterday for £140,000 (around $185,000). Counting the 24 percent buyer’s premium, the coin’s total sale price was £173,600 (around $228,885...
Here are a couple links for more about that.Amateur Treasure Hunter Unearths Rare 14th-Century Gold Coin | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
https://www.businessinsider.com/england-leopard-gold-coin-worth-185000-found-by-metal-detectorist-2022-3
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Daniel Frank Sedwick is proud to announce the first selection of coins from the Clyde Hubbard Collection of Charles & Joanna Coinage, to be auctioned May 4-6, 2022. Lot viewing will take place at the Central States Numismatic Society convention April 27-30 in Schaumburg, Illinois – as well as before and after the show by appointment at Sedwick’s offices in Florida.,,
His [Clyde Hubbard's] collecting work on Charles & Joanna coinage is immortalized in his collaboration with Robert I. Nesmith, whose landmark book The Coinage of the First Mint of the Americas at Mexico City, 1536-1572 (1955) was largely based on Clyde’s near-comprehensive collection of those coins.
We are honored to present this collection now in a series of multiple auctions, starting with a choice offering across the full Charles & Joanna period and continuing in future auctions with Clyde’s cobs as well. The initial selection of 135 pieces in our May 4-6 auction is all graded by NGC and features many “finest known” and unique varieties, with Hubbard’s all-important pedigree preserved on the labels. Cataloged by our own Cori Sedwick Downing, whose die-study work on Charles & Joanna coinage is becoming known as a much-needed update to Nesmith, this first offering will be an important reference and mark the birth of a new generation in an eminently collectible field with generally well-made coins and abundant varieties. Join us in making Mexican numismatic history!
See Sedwick to Feature Clyde Hubbard Collection of Charles-Joanna Coinage (coinweek.com)
You might recall that a few Charles and Joanna coins were found on the Treasure Coast in November of 2020. There was some good hunting back then.
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There is no greater treasure than a great idea. I'm always seeking good ideas and information. The most valuable ideas are those that change how you see yourself or the world.
Ideas should be evaluated. They must stand on their own. They should be rigorously evaluated. Censored ideas can not be fairly evaluated. Censorship is an ill-advised attempt to keep poor ideas from standing on their own merits. It is the tool of those who can not or will not present convincing arguments in the market place of ideas.
Surprisingly, ideas don't have to be completely true in every respect to be helpful. Ideas having some basis will be refined and improved over time.
I once believed that coins were uncovered but not washed up onto the beach. I saw a lot of evidence of how coins were uncovered by erosion. It worked for me. It led to a ton of coin and ring finds.
I know now that coins are also washed up onto the beach, although it occurs much less often. It happens less frequently, and I had less direct evidence because it happens less frequently and is difficult to observe. It took me longer to understand precisely how and under what circumstances it happens. My understanding increased over time and I expect it to continue.
Hunting for ideas and information is much like hunting for treasure. Some sources are better than others. You couldn't possibly listen to all ideas, and you try to use your time well. You learn where to look and who to listen to. You stop listening to some people. You give them a chance, but after a while they prove to be poor sources. You look where you feel you are most likely to find something worthwhile.
Again, ideas don't have to be entirely true to be worthwhile, especially creative ideas that stimulate the imagination. Those are very rare too, but they can lead you to new insights. You might wonder what if it was true, or what if you tweaked it a little here or there.
In short, I'm all for ideas being out there to be considered and evaluated. You might find they are false, partly true, or be completely true. They can also tell you something about the person that put them out there.
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The tides are getting bigger, but the surf will be down around two or three feet for a few days.
Good hunting,
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