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LOOSE CHANGE: JUNE 28, 2020Here are some additional items in the media this week that may be of interest. -Editor
Baldwin's Opening Refurbished Coin Room Baldwin's of London announced the opening of their newly refurbished coin room. -Editor 
All of the team at Baldwin's continue to wish you and your family good health through these challenging times. In recent months we have not only been working to continue to provide you with great levels of service and some of the most interesting selection of new coins but also getting our newly refurbished building at 399 Strand ready. We are very pleased to be able to announce that from Monday, June 29th we will be open to the public, featuring the Baldwin's Coin Room, and various displays of some of the world's most interesting coins and related items and artefacts. We are also changing our opening hours in order to try and make it easier for people to come and visit us.
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Gold Left on Swiss Train Arthur Shippee passed along this BBC News item about a cache of gold left behind on a train in Switzerland. -Editor While many of us have left something on a train - a phone, a wallet, headphones - it's highly unlikely you've wandered onto the platform leaving a bagful of gold behind. Well, one person in Switzerland has. And the authorities would quite like to find them. Efforts are being made to track down the owner of more than 3kg of gold that was left in a carriage last October. The hoard, worth around £152,000 ($191,000), was found on a train between St Gallen and Lucerne.
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Lucky Coin Hits Lottery Twice Would you trade a rare coin for a REALLY lucky one? -Editor 
For the second time, a southeastern Michigan man has won a $4 million lottery game, officials said Monday. Mark Clark of South Rockwood scratched a ticket with a coin that was given to him by his late father about 10 years ago. They often fished together after Clark won a different $4 million instant game in 2017. "You don't think you'll win millions once, and you definitely never think it would happen twice," Clark, 50, said in a statement released by the Michigan Lottery. "It's hard to put into words exactly what I am feeling. ... I can't help but think maybe that lucky coin helped me win this."
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