The Cope Collection of British Rarities

The Cope Collection will be remembered for fantastic British rarities. Geoffrey Cope (1942-2017) was a widely recognized and zealous collector in Europe. The Classical Numismatic Group (CNG) along with two European firms, NAC and NGSA, jointly presented the auction of a large part of the Cope Collection at a hotel in Zurich, Switzerland on May 8, 2024.

By the time Cope was in his twenties, he was buying rare coins from major coin companies. Before he was forty, he became very interested in ancient coins, especially Roman bronzes. He personally attended auctions, and was widely known to numismatists in Europe.

Geoffrey Cope emphasized originality, striking detail and eye appeal and would not have been impressed by the attributes of many coins that merit Choice (MS63) to Gem (65 or higher) grades by U.S. standards. Among vintage British coins, he would have preferred an AU55 grade silver coin, by U.S. standards, with deep natural toning and sharp detail, to a technically outstanding MS66 grade coin that was not sharply detailed or became bright white via dipping.

To read the complete article, see:
Excellent British Rarities In First Sale Of The Geoffrey Cope Collection(https://www.greysheet.com/news/story/excellent-british-rarities-in-first-sale-of-the-geoffrey-cope-collection)

Biden-Trump Debate Format Settled by Coin Flip

Former President Donald Trump will get the final word when he debates President Joe Biden on CNN next week, after a coin flip to determine podium placement and the order of closing statements.

The coin landed on the Biden campaign's pick - tails - which meant his campaign got to choose whether it wanted to select the president's podium position or the order of closing statements.

Biden's campaign chose to select the right podium position, which means the Democratic president will be on the right side of television viewers' screens and his Republican rival will be on viewers' left.

Biden and Trump are set to make history on June 27 in the first presidential debate between an incumbent and a former president. It will also be the first debate since 2020 featuring either Biden, who did not face a serious challenge for the Democratic nomination, or Trump, who skipped those held during the Republican primary race.

To read earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
COIN TOSS ELECTS DEAD WOMAN TO OFFICE(https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v09n45a24.html)
INDECISION 2016: A FLIPPING COIN FROM LONG-STANTON(https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n32a36.html)
MORE ON ELECTION COIN-FLIPPING(https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n33a06.html)

To read the complete article, see:
Trump gets the final word at CNN debate after coin flip(https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/20/politics/cnn-debate-closing-statements-podiums/index.html)

The Last Barf Bag

I collect barf bags is not a complete sentence. The grammar is there, but it demands further explanation. To make sense of this singular hobby, a or a charitable is needed to steer listeners through the bewilderment of hearing that set of words, arranged in that way, for the very first time.

Of the eight billion people on the planet, the number of serious barf bag collectors is just north of 100, according to notable members of their ranks. Not statistically significant, but significantly more than one might guess.

A handful of these collectors are taking part in a new campaign by Dramamine - yes, the nausea relief medicine - to celebrate this most necessary of inventions with a 13-minute documentary and a barf bag exhibit in New York City. There, hundreds of specimens chart the evolution of the aviation industry.

To read the complete article, see:
Meet the hobbyists who collect barf bags(https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/19/travel/barf-bag-collectors-hobby-cec/index.html)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
COLLECTING BARF BAGS(https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n40a32.html)

Bank Branch Forgets to Lock the Door

Saturday evening, Wells Fargo Bank alarm monitoring service notified MCSO of a bank robbery in progress at the branch on US1 in Hobe Sound. It was around 7pm.

The suspect ... was caught on gas station video purchasing a mask. He then went across the street to the Wells Fargo bank where he walked through the unlocked doors of the closed bank. The suspect began opening drawers and cabinets but they were empty, so he left.

... He was charged with burglary despite the fact that the only thing he walked with was the mask that set him back five bucks.

To read the complete article, see:
SUSPECT WHO WAS ON VIDEO BUYING A MASK TO BURGLARIZE AN UNLOCKED BANK AFTER HOURS ARRESTED (https://www.facebook.com/MartinCountySheriffsOffice/
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