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Coin News: East India Company
Issue #278 / March, 2010
In this issue:
- Parthia v. Rome—Part V
Continuing the dynastic saga - Coins of the East India Co
Examining the issues of this famous trading company - Early Arab coinage—Part VIII
Fatimids, Normans, Seljuk Turks and the Crusades
Coin News Headlines
- When is a coin not a coin...? When it's treasure of courseThurs, 4 March 2010
- The story of the Ludlow woman who took a "coin" into her local museum, was told it was of historical significance and that she should hand it in but didn't - incurring the wrath of the Coroner and a subsequent criminal record has split the numismatic world.
Were the... - Timely AuctionMon, 1 March 2010
- Timeline Auctions very first catalogue has arrived on the Editor's desk and very impressive it is too! This beautifully put together catalogue for their coins and antiquities sale on March 19 arrived too late for inclusion in the March issue of Coin News but it warrants a mention here. For...
- East India CompanyMon, 22 February 2010
- Looking to the future . . .
THE imminent arrival of the “biggest coin programme since decimalisation” (the Olympic 50 pences) inevitably throws up questions about coins, coin collecting and, more importantly, coin collectors themselves. We all know why the majority of us started—we... - Chilean errorFri, 12 February 2010
- The recent "dateless" 20p showed that even an institution as rigid about standards as the Royal Mint can get things wrong - but it's doubtful that they, or indeed most national Mints would make the mistake discovered in Chile recently - somehow they actually managed to get the name of...
- New Olympic design announced.Wed, 10 February 2010
- The next Olympic 50p design has been unveiled - depicting "Cycling" as the sport the coin was designed by 16 Year Old Theo Crutchley-Mack from Halifax. There's still no news as to the exact date of the launch of this new programme nor how many of each coin will be issued but we...
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