BBC NEWS – Europe | August 12, 2015 Watch Video The figurehead from a 15th century ship has been raised from the Baltic Sea near Ronneby, Sweden, more than 500 years after it sank. The Gribshunden is thought to be the world’s best-preserved late medieval ship. ”It’s a sea monster – and we have to discuss […]
COIN WORLD | By Joe O’Donnell | July 28, 2015 Watch Video Recovery occurrs approximately 30 miles north of West Palm Beach More than 50 gold coins and 40 feet of gold chain have been pulled up from the site of the 1715 Treasure Fleet shipwrecks off the coast of Florida, according to CBS News. CBS […]
Numismatic News | By Pat Heller | July 20, 2015 Last Friday, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) reported that the central bank now had gold reserves of 1,658 tons (53.3 million ounces), an increase of 604 tons from the 1,054 tons (33.9 million ounces) reported in […]
BBC NEWS Knowledge economy| By Sean Coughlan – Education correspondent, BBC News | July 22, 2015 Watch Video What may be the world’s oldest fragments of the Koran have been found by the University of Birmingham. Radiocarbon dating found the manuscript to be at least 1,370 years old, making it among the earliest in existence. The […]
COIN WORLD | By Mike Fuljenz | July 22, 2015 July 21 Mike Fuljenz Metals Market Report notes that low prices reduce gold mining production but increase demand The following text is excerpted from the July 21 issue of the Mike Fuljenz Metals Market Report: Long-term, gold is destined to come back in price since many […]
BBC NEWS – News from Elsewhere | By News from Elsewhere……as found by BBC Monitoring | July 9, 2015 Archaeologists are mystified by nearly 2,000 tiny golden spirals dug up in a field in eastern Denmark. The coils, made from thin filaments about 3cm (1in) long, date from between 900BC and 700BC, according to Flemming Kaul of […]
BBC NEWS Future | By Chris Baraniuk | June 25, 2015 How often have you looked at the cash in your wallet? Look closer: it’s riddled with hidden patterns designed to deter counterfeiters. Chris Baraniuk investigates. A brand-new Xerox colour photocopier had just arrived at one of Cambridge’s industrial labs. It was the early 2000s, and word […]
Numismatic News | By Pat Heller | June 8, 2015 On May 15, the Russian news source Pravda passed along an unconfirmed story that appeared in Duowei News that the Chinese government had accumulated 30,000 tons (965 million ounces) of gold reserves. China last updated their published gold reserves figure in April 2009, when they […]
www.numismaticnews.net | May 18, 2015, by NMN A ship sunk in World War II on a voyage from Bombay to England has been recovered along with 100 tons of silver worth about $50 million. BBC reported the S.S. City of Cairo salvage operation was completed in September 2013, but the British government made the company keep […]
www.nydailynews.com | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Saturday, April 18, 2015 PHILADELPHIA — A family was awarded the rights to 10 rare gold coins possibly worth $80 million or more on Friday after a U.S. appeals court overturned a jury verdict. U.S. Department of the Treasury officials insist the $20 Double Eagles were stolen, like the one […]
