LOOSE CHANGE: MARCH 7, 2021

The coin with the most newsworthy story was a gold 10 ruble piece, struck in 1757 from a die by the Swiss medallist Jacques-Antoine Dassier during the reign of Empress Elizabeth of Russia.

The coin was found by a Berlin pensioner among the effects of his deceased father, who had been born in St Petersburg.

Having been turned away by one dealer, who thought it was a fake, and being offered €900 by another, the owner eventually brought it to Künker, where it was priced at €150,000.

An added attraction was its provenance: a hallmark impressed in the coin showed it to have belonged to the 19th century Russian collector Count Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, who owned more than 11,000 coins and other works of art.

The rarity was not lost on the handful of international bidders who joined in, with the hammer falling at €210,000 (£185,840).

To read the complete article, see:
‘Fake' coin proves to be the €210,000 real deal (https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/print-edition/2021/march/2482/international/fake-coin-proves-to-be-the-210-000-real-deal/)

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
THE 1757 DASSIER 10-RUBLE COIN (https://www.coinbooks.org/v24/esylum_v24n02a26.html)
VOCABULARY TERM: COLLECTOR'S MARK (https://www.coinbooks.org/v24/esylum_v24n06a16.html)
COLLECTOR'S MARKS AND THE DEXTER 1804 DOLLAR (https://www.coinbooks.org/v24/esylum_v24n07a14.html)

The group has found plenty of small pieces through their times that they cherish, including a Seated Liberty Half Dime and a Flying Eagle Cent. However, nothing compares to what they uncovered this past spring.

"When I dug it out of the hole, I just kind of saw the gold edge of the coin." Chandler said. "They thought I had silver. I opened up the dirt and I was like that's a gold coin." A 1836 British Sovereign Gold Coin to be specific, which around here is an extremely rare find. "We thought, what's an 1836 British gold coin doing in Jamestown? I talked to a couple people from the United Kingdom and they said those are rare over there."

To read the complete article, see:
VC Variety uncovers rare treasure in West Michigan (https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/lakeshore/ottawa/vc-variety-uncovers-rare-treasure-in-west-michigan)

Chris Monk was scanning the ground with his metal detector near Pacific Spirit Park in Vancouver when he came across something unusual.

His detector alerted him to something under the grass, so he started digging. Six inches down, he found an old coin. He put it in his pocket and took it home.

Once home, he began cleaning the coin, and posted pictures of it in online metal detecting groups. In the online groups, members alerted him to the significance of the coin -- they told him it was an ancient Roman coin.

To read the complete article, see:
Ancient Roman coin found in park near UBC with metal detector (https://bc.ctvnews.ca/ancient-roman-coin-found-in-park-near-ubc-with-metal-detector-1.5327805)

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