1795 Dollar Discovered in Newcastle,

A rare 18th-century American silver dollar discovered in the North East which could be worth about £15,000 is set to attract intense interest when it goes under the hammer next week.

The discovery, made in Newcastle, will be up for auction at Anderson & Garland's Stamps and Coins Auction.

Coin specialist Fred Wyrley-Birch authenticated the discovery and submitted it to the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) for grading, where it earned an AU-55 score-confirming both its authenticity and exceptional condition.

"It is a wonderful example of an early American silver dollar," said Mr Wyrley-Birch.

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Coin Manhole Covers in Sweden

Manholes in Sigtuna's main street, Sweden, feature local coinage of the period AD 995 onward.

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Swimming Pool Turns Out to be Gold Mine

A man earlier this year discovered a gold treasure worth $800,000 while digging a swimming pool in his garden in France, local officials have said.

The man informed the local authorities after he made the discovery in May, and they allowed him to keep the gold as it did not come from an archeological site, the council in the eastern town of Neuville-sur-Saone said on Wednesday.

He found "five gold bars and many coins" buried in plastic bags, local newspaper Le Progres reported.

Police found the gold had been acquired legally and had been melted down some "15 or 20 years ago" at a nearby refinery, it said.

Because the gold bars had unique numbers that could be traced, police were able to determine that they had not been stolen, the outlet reported.

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Pokémon Card Thefts Rise

Pokémon is a fast-growing segment of the multibillion-dollar trading card business, with the rarest finds valued at tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars. One sold for more than $5 million. That lottery-ticket temptation has proved attractive to thieves around the region in recent months.

In Reisterstown, Maryland, a man distracted the sales clerk while three others grabbed Pokémon boxes and walked out. Unopened, the loss to the store was about $1,700. But a single rare find inside could boost the value by leaps and bounds.

Two men who signed up for a card game in Eldersburg, Maryland, sneaked into an office and stole three binders of Pokémon cards worth an estimated $25,000.

And in Fairfax, a 36-year-old named Mohammad Asif is accused of setting up the robbery of a man's girlfriend this summer as a distraction to lure the man away from home. Then, authorities say, Asif broke into empty Fair Oaks residence to steal a $50,000 Pokémon card collection.

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Pokémon card thieves strike in D.C. region. Can police catch them all?(https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/11/01/pokemon-cards-thefts/)