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Rare coin fetches $4,000
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http://www.iwcp.co.uk/News/Rare_coin...es_4000_2.aspx Isle of Wight County Press, UK Rare coin fetches $4,000 By Martin Neville Thursday, February 5, 2009 A RARE gold coin, found in the West Wight by a metal detectorist and auctioned in New York, sold for double its estimate. (IMAGE OF COIN) http://www.iwcp.co.uk/upload/size1/coin_size1.jpg The Visigothic tremissis, struck about AD 565-578, sold for $4,000 at the Triton XII auction, held by the Classical Numismatic Group at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Meanwhile, a 350-year-old Massachusetts silver two-pence, also unearthed in the West Wight by a metal detector enthusiast, sold for $4,250, against an estimate of $5,000, in the same auction. Reporter: ... |
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