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Man Attends World’s Fair 130 Years Ago and Leaves an Incredible Coin Inheritance

V & E Coin News – V & E Coin News – V & E Coin News – 1892 Columbian Half Dollar Hoard. Image: Jeff Garrett. By Charles Morgan for CoinWeek… One hundred and thirty-two years ago, Vance LaRue Wilson, a 40-year-old Iowan, attended the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. For many attendees, the […]

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Man Attends World’s Fair 130 Years Ago and Leaves an Incredible Coin Inheritance

V & E Coin News – V & E Coin News – V & E Coin News – V & E Coin News – 1892 Columbian Half Dollar Hoard. Image: Jeff Garrett. By Charles Morgan for CoinWeek… One hundred and thirty-two years ago, Vance LaRue Wilson, a 40-year-old Iowan, attended the World’s Columbian Exposition in

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Rare South African Gold Coin’s Origin Story is the Stuff of Legend

1898 South African Samuel Marks (3 Pence) Tickey. Image: Stack’s Bowers / CoinWeek. By CoinWeek… The 1898 Samuel Marks Tickey, also known as the Sammy Marks Tickey, is a legendary gold pattern coin from the South African Republic (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, or Z.A.R.). Struck as a private issue in 22-carat gold, it represents the 3 pence

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