LOOSE CHANGE: FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Lessen 'North York Moors' Collection Results

The collection, containing more than 520 rare and historic coins, has been sold in four parts over the past three years.

It belonged to collector Marvin Lessen who came to live in Scarborough in 1962 from America.

He spent his career in the aerospace and defence industries, working in various locations in Europe and North America.

Mr Lessen is known to have started collecting British coins when he arrived in Scarborough at the age of 28, having been born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1934.

He worked across Europe and North America and had collected coins, stamps, arms and armour from an early age.

Mr Lessen was well known among coin dealers in London and the North East and renowned among collectors in Britain and America, writing many articles for the British Numismatist Journal.

To read the complete article, see:
https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/19045897.north-york-moors-coin-collection-fetches-2-3m/ (https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/19045897.north-york-moors-coin-collection-fetches-2-3m/)

World Money Fair 2021 Digital Event

World Money Fair — now in its 50th year — is one of the coin industry's most sought-after events, in terms of participants and attendees, and opened this year on schedule as a virtual and digital show. The WMF was officially opened this morning by Barbara Balz, managing director, who participates every year in the ceremonial opening of the WMF along with honourary president, Dr. Albert Beck, and the fair's guest host. On this occasion, she read a short speech with a backdrop of the WMF's logo for 2021, outlining that although we are not able to meet personally in Berlin, the show continues, and in a digital format, with many elements such as the technical and media forums taking place online.

The benefit of conducting the fair online is that those who are not able to ordinarily attend the show in Berlin in-person can now follow the activities and discussions online, as there will be links to both the technical and media forums.

To read the complete article, see:
World Money Fair: 50th exhibition opens as a digital event for 2021 (https://world.mintnewsblog.com/2021/02/world-money-fair-50th-exhibition-opens-as-a-digital-event-for-2021/)

Teutoburg Forest Coin Finds
Kavan Ratnatunga writes:

To watch the video, see:
The Conspiracy Behind The Teutoburg Forest Massacre | Lost Legions of Varus | Odyssey (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93Wb9aa0-6Q)

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