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The E-Sylum: Volume 10, Number 28, July 15, 2007, Article 17 LORD STEWARTBY SCOTTISH COIN COLLECTION STOLEN A coin collection theft has British newspapers buzzing. "One of Britain's most important historic coin collections has been stolen from the home of a former government minister. "Antique coins worth more than half a million pounds, including one struck under the reign of Robert the Bruce, 900 years ago, were taken in the raid. "Police believe around 1,000 coins, collected over more than 50 years, were removed from the home of Lord and Lady Stewartby in Broughton, in the Scottish Borders. "Nick Holmes, curator of numismatics at the National Museums of Scotland, added: “It has always been made available as a resource for people researching coins and to lose so many coins from this period is a tragedy. "“Of course, for poor Ian this must be awful and he has devoted more than half a entry to this collection. "“He is the acknowledged expert in this field and is the one we all turn to when we want to know something.” Lydia Pretzlik, 38, the Tory peer's daughter, said he was devastated by the loss. "The theft happened a month ago but police only released details of the incident yesterday." To read the complete article, see: Full Story John Andrew forwarded a BBC article on the theft: "Nick Holmes, senior curator in numismatics at the National Museums of Scotland, said the theft had dealt a devastating blow to the study of historic coins in Scotland. "He added: 'In terms of that period, Lord Stewartby had more coins in his collection than the National Museums of Scotland have. "He had managed to collect a number of very rare pieces which were previously unknown. "It wouldn't be putting it mildly to say that this theft has put the study of numismatics back 50 years because if the collection is not recovered all of the work Lord Stewartby has put in over the past half century will be lost.'" To read the complete article, see: Full Story Dr. Ute Wartenberg Kagan also forwarded an article, this one from The Herald: Full Story Dick Johnson forwarded this article from the daily record: Full Story The Financial Times also chimed in on the theft: Full Story [The Scotsman's web site allows reader comments, and they picked up on the reporters' error in stating that Robert the Bruce reigned 900 years ago: "So Robert the Bruce reigned 900 years ago, did he?" "Robert the Bruce, was King of Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329. 1329 subtracted from 2007 = 678. Does that look like 900 to anyone??" "Mr. Stewartby's collection is so well known and catalogued that selling this stuff is going to be difficult and whatever is sold will most likely eventually be identified as stolen - even 20, 80, 200 years from now. This theft just goes to show the follow of keeping highly valuable items at home, especially when their presence there is so widely known among the collecting fraternity..." To read the complete Scotsman article, see: Full Story Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@coinlibrary.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum | |
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