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They're worth only about $275, but 23 bronze coins seized by the federal government at Baltimore-Washington International Marshall Airport last year just might be the most important chunk of change for numismatists in years.
These well-worn coins, struck more than a thousand years ago in Cyprus and China, are at the center of a dispute over U.S. rules that collectors nationwide say ...
Full Article: Coin collectors restricted by rules - Charleston Daily Mail
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Starting from the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) in ancient China, coins used as currency were called "tong bao."
Different emperors issued different kinds of coins in their ruling title name.
For example, the coins issued by Emperor Yongle in the early Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) are called "yong le tong bao." ...
Full Article: Coin reflects early currency styles - ShanghaiDaily.com
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In China, paramilitary police drill outside the Shanghai Mint. They're stationed there because it's literally a money-making plant.
It's also a museum and, on Friday, it received a new, welcome donation, hand-carried from the U.S. with far less security.
Gordon Bowker, one of the founders of Starbucks, and his cousin Carolyn Bowker packed up part of their grandfather's priceless coin collection ...
Full Article: Priceless Coin Collection Returns Home To China - NPR.org
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The recent Chinese rarity has already broken free of its guide price a week ahead of auction.
Next week, Heritage is holding a sale of rare coins of the world in Rosemont, Illinois. The leading lot is very rare indeed - and surprisingly from the 21st century ...
Full Article: Year of the Horse coin charges to $120,000 - PaulFraserCollectibles.com
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The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank, will issue a set of gold and silver commemorative coins this month to celebrate the upcoming World Expo 2010 Shanghai (Series II).
In an announcement posted on its website, the central bank said the new Shanghai Expo commemorative series, consisting of two gold and two silver coins, are China's legal tenders and the issuance will start ...
Full Article: PBOC to Issue New Commemorative Coins for Shanghai Expo - CRIEnglish.com
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Don Cann began collecting coins with money earned from his job as a paperboy, and he's since compiled a huge collection of all sorts of money, both coins and paper — and some from materials most don't often associate with money.
When the Carolina Coin Club of Sumter hosts its show at Sumter Mall from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Cann will present a program on his collection of money and objects used as money, some ancient, some contemporary and almost everything in between ...
Full Article: Coin money, paper money ... and rock money? - TheItem.com
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Two new silver coins from China have been released to help celebrate the 60th Anniversary of their independence. Each coin reflects the power and artistry of a country that has grown to become one of the world's major powers.
The obverse (heads side) of each coin contains China's national emblem set in a frieze of peonies which are symbols of prosperity in the Chinese culture. The emblem itself consists of the famous monument Tiananmen under the light of five stars, framed with ears of grain and a ...
Full Article: Silver Coins Commemorate China Anniversary - SilverCoinsToday.com
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A new series of coins from China picture some of the memorable characters featured in the 100 chapters of one of the great classical novels of Chinese literature, "Outlaws of the Marsh."
The Chinese saga "Outlaws of the Marsh" is must reading for Chinese high school students, and was even carried by Chairman Mao during the Long March (retreat of the Red Army from the Nationalists in 1934) as a constant reminder of the proud traditions of the Chinese people. It tells the stories of 108 outlaws who became heroes during the Song Dynasty in the years leading up to the establishment of the Southern Song regime in 1127 ...
Full Article: Chinese Outlaws of the Marsh Commemorative Coins - WorldMintCoins.com
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A small packet of inexpensive Chinese and Cypriot coins imported from England by the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (ACCG) have been seized by Customs in Baltimore, Maryland.
The coins were imported to test the legitimacy of State Department (DOS) imposed import restrictions ...
Full Article: ACCG Challenges U.S. State Department Bureaucrats After Ancient Coins Seizure - CoinNews
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