Jul-7-08

Coin News

posted by Coin Collector
  1. Safe with $200K-plus of gold coins, jewelry, cash stolen from Atascadero home (The San Luis Obispo Tribune) - Police say that burglars stole a safe with more than $200,000 worth of gold coins, jewelry and cash
  2. Man accused of stealing coins from parking meters (Akron Beacon Journal) - Man accused of stealing coins from parking meters
  3. BSP urges public to spend coins back to circulation (The News Today) - THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas–Kalibo Branch (BSP-Kalibo) is appealing to the public to spend coins in their daily cash transactions to keep the lower denominated instrument in circulation and eventually address the perceived coin “shortage.”
  4. Madhya Pradesh Govt recovers 482 Mughal coins (New Kerala) - Bhopal, Mar 10 : Madhya Pradesh Culture Minister Laxmikant Sharma today said the Government has recovered 482 Mughal era coins from Gujarat's Junagadh.
  5. Man convicted for failure to declare gold coins (AsiaOne) - SINGAPORE - A Swiss national was fined $3,000 or to serve three weeks' jail for not declaring taxable goods. He had failed to declare 58 pieces of gold coins worth nearly $21,000.
  6. Swiss national fined for not declaring gold coins (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Malaysia News) - SINGAPORE: A Swiss national who had failed to declare that he had 58 gold coins in his possession when he arrived at Changi Airport on March 2 has been fined S$3,000.
  7. Students collect coins for charity (Bellevue Leader) - Spare change turned out not to be small change at St. Matthew Grade School recently when students learned not only the value of arithmetic, but how a caring heart can help those less fortunate than themselves.
  8. Man fined over gold coins (Straits Times) - A SWISS national was fined $3,000 by a court on Monday for failing to declare 58 gold coins valued at nearly $21,000.
  9. Renee Zellweger Rewards Paparazzo With $100 in Starbucks (US Weekly) - She slips him a gift after he tosses some coins in a parking meter, saving her from a ticket Get [...]
  10. Rugby legend JPR Williams sucks coins in bid to beat breathalyser (Daily Mirror) - Rugby legend JPR Williams was yesterday given a 17-month drink-drive ban - after trying to suck 1p coins to fool the test.
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