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NGC-Certified Chinese Coins From Illustrious NC Collection Offered by Champion Auctions in May   NC Collection — an outstanding group of vintage Chinese rarities certified by Macau, China. In combination with the auction, a book dedicated to the NC Collection and Nelson Chang, who assembled it, will be released on May 29, 2021. Comprising some of the most desirable Chinese coins in existence, and with a direct link to one of China’s most famous families, the NC Collection represents a cu...

• Lack of intra-Arab peaceful-coexistence, domestic or regional; • Lack of Western-style human rights and democracy (no freedom of religion, speech, press, association). Middle East context The current tremor in Jordan is one of the ripple effects of the “Arab Tsunami” that has rampaged through the Arab street since 2010-11. The tsunami has been fueled by centuries of internal and regional ethnic, religious and ideological violence, exacerbated by hate education, political c...

Prince Philip wooed Queen Elizabeth by jumping over nets on a Devon tennis court Apparently Philip - who died today at the age of 99 - impressed young Elizabeth by leaping over tennis nets. "I thought he showed off a good deal," Elizabeths governess later commented The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Get the pick of the weeks stories and fascinating Devon history features direct to your inbox every Saturday morning in our exclusive Weekend Report newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went ...

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, As Germany conquered one Western European country after another in 1940, Britain and Italy fought ferocious battles in Libya and Egypt, while the Italian Air Force bombed Tel Aviv and Haifa. Ger...

Spread the love This June, Sotheby’s will be auctioning off three of the greatest rarities in the stamp and coin field. The 1933 Double Eagle $20 gold coin, the unique British Guiana One-Cent Black on Magenta, and the unique Inverted Jenny 1918 Plate Block. This is truly an incredible offering from a single collector to have captured three of the rarest and most unique collectibles in history. It is a bit unusual that a unique stamp from a less than the mainstream region has emerged as the ra...

In 1893, Nerses Papazian, drafted into the Ottoman army, escaped by jumping on a boat without knowing his final destination. He ended up in Alexandria on Egypts Mediterranean coast. Ten years later, he opened the watch shop in Cairo that carries his name on the storefront to this day.

  New York Times has reported that the only legal-to-own example of the notorious never-issued gold coin will be auctioned by Sotheby’s on June 8 after being held in a private collection for 20 years. The March 10 piece by James Barron also identified the owner of the coin, who until now has remained anonymous. Purchasing the coin for a then-record-breaking $7,590,020 USD on July 30, 2002, footwear designer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Stuart Weitzman was known only as “Mr. Big” ...

Time stands still at historic Cairo watch shop

3 Min Read (Reuters) - A ‘Three Treasures’ sale of rare stamps and a gold coin from the personal collection of shoe designer Stuart Weitzman is set to fetch millions of dollars at an auction at Sotheby’s in New York City in June. The 1933 Double Eagle Coin was originally cast as a $20 coin, but it was never issued for use. After U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt took the country off the gold standard, all of the Double Eagles were ordered destroyed. However, a handful were released and al...

Historical Figures From We Didnt Start The Fire You Dont Know Anything About By Marina Manoukian/March 8, 2021 12:23 am EDT When was the last time you actually thought the people mentioned in "We Didnt Start the Fire"? Take a listen and see if you recognize all of the historical figures that it lists. In Billy Joels iconic song "We Didnt Start the Fire," Joel lists off over 100 famous events and people, starting in the year 1949, the year that Joel was born, and ending in 1989, the year that ...