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Gold coin worth L250,000 discovered in child's pirate treasure collection
By Louie Smith
Daily Mirror, London
Monday, October 24, 2016
An 18th-century gold coin worth up to L250,000 has been discovered in a child's pirate treasure collection.
The anonymous owner had been given the rare Queen Anne Vigo five guinea piece as a youngster by his grandfather.
With no idea of its value, he kept it in his toy box for pirate games until it was packed away and forgotten about.
But when his grandad died, he rediscovered the coin and gave it to his own son to play with -- before experts told him it was one of 20 made of gold seized from Spanish treasure ships in Vigo Bay, Spain, in 1702. ...
... For the remainder of the report:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/gold-coin-worth-250000-discovered-9...
Ron Paul Endorses the Only Congressional Candidate
Who Is Campaigning on Returning to the Gold Standard
Former U.S. representative, presidential candidate, and chairman of the House Subcommittee on Monetary Policy, fiat money's fiercest foe, Ron Paul, has endorsed Daria Novak, the Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Connecticut's 2nd District.
Paul said: "Daria Novak will be a forceful advocate for limited, constitutional government, individual liberty, and sound money on Capitol Hill. I am pleased to endorse her candidacy.”
Novak also has been endorsed by former presidential candidate and gold standard proponent Steve Forbes and by the New York Sun, among other friends of sound money. Novak also been endorsed by gold standard and sound-money advocates George Gilder, Lawrence Kudlow, Jimmy Kemp (Jack's son), and Jeffrey Bell. Forbes called Novak a "prosperity heroine."
Contribute to Novak's campaign $500, $250, $100, $50, or whatever you can afford of the fiat money that is eroding in your checkbook. As the Sun wrote, "She vows to crusade" on the gold standard "as key to getting job creation, economic security, and upward mobility back at a sizzling rate."
To donate to Novak's campaign, please visit:
http://novakforcongress.org/donate/
Novak will personally thank all contributors.
Give Daria your generous backing to put a voice for gold in Congress.
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