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Rare 1822 gold coin fetches $8.4 million at auction, a record for a U.S. coin
By Ken Ritter
Associated Press
via The Day, New London, Connecticut
Saturday, March 27, 2021
LAS VEGAS -- The coin trading world has a new gold standard, after the only known 1822 half eagle $5 piece in private hands sold at auction in Las Vegas for $8.4 million, experts said Friday.
Douglas Mudd, curator and director of the Edward C. Rochette Money Museum in Colorado Springs, Colo., confirmed the coin is one of three of its kind in existence and the auction price Thursday was the highest for a U.S. gold coin struck by the U.S. Mint.
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Granada Gold Discovers High-Value Rare Earth and Alkali Metals
Company Announcement
via Newswire.ca
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
ROUYN NORANDA, Quebec, Canada -- Granada Gold Mine Inc. (TSXV: GGM) is pleased to announce the significant discovery of scandium, rubidium, and cesium on the Big Claim of the Granada Gold Mine property in Quebec, Canada.
Results are preliminary and full core lengths have not yet been assayed in two holes drilled at the north of the Big Claim.
The company encountered unusual facies of altered rock, which has been sampled in portions of the drill core. The mineralized portions of the core have been assayed for 56 metals. Additional assays are pending.
Portions of drill holes GR-20-20 and GR-20-22 were sampled. Assays for GR-20-22 are still pending. Based on recent assays for intervals sampled, the intervening intervals are being sent for assay to create a complete picture.
Highlights of drill hole GR-20-20:
-- 13.5 ppm Cs, 101.8 ppm Rb, 21 ppm Sc over 12 meters from 351 meters to 363 meters.
-- 3.5 ppm Cs, 69.1 ppm Rb, 13.8 ppm Sc over 98 meters from 451 meters to 549 meters.
-- 1.1 ppm Cs, 42.1 ppm Rb, 12.2 ppm Sc over 15 meters from 573 meters to 588 meters. ...
... For the remainder of the announcement:
https://www.newswire.ca/news-
The most expensive U.S. coin ever sold, at $10 million, is a 1794 U.S. “Flowing Hair” silver dollar said to be among the first-ever minted in the fledgling United States.
The 1822 half eagle $5 coin came from the D. Brent Pogue Collection and the buyer wanted to remain anonymous, said Jarrod Holland, spokesman for Stack’s Bowers Galleries, host of the public auction in Las Vegas. He provided a video of the coin. ...
... For the remainder of the report and a photograph of the coin:
https://www.theday.com/nationworld-news/20210327/rare-1822-gold-coin-fet...
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