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World Coin News • June 2014 World U.S. $4.99/Canada $5.99 Vol. 41, No. 6 • JUNE 2014 Lissner sale slated A highlight The Lissner collection of world coins will of the Lissner be sold Aug. 1-2 at the Chicago Marriott collection is O’Hare, just prior to the annual summer this Bolivia convention of the American Numismatic 1852 PTS FB Association in Rosemont, Ill. gold 8 escu- Valued at over $2 million, the collection dos, NGC will be sold by Classical Numismatic Group, MS-62, which Inc., of Lancaster, Pa., and London, England, is Lot 971300. and St. James’s Auctions Ltd. (Knightsbridge Lissner/Page 46 Paris dealer Prieur dies at age 58 By Mark Fox Our hobby lost one of its staunchest supporters Baldwin’s when Michel Prieur, the numismatist who literally set a record propelled French coin collecting into the 21st century, price when died March 18 of a sudden heart attack in Paris. His this Edward two blog postings on cgb.fr the same day signaled no VIII proof health issues. One was an appeal for information to sovereign sold locate the heirs of Joseph Daniel, author of Les jetons at auction for nearly des etats de Bretagne (1980). This was a title on jetons $870,000. Michel Prieur Prieur/Page 24 Künker reaches auction milestone The 250th auction sale of Fritz Rudolf Künker will feature The Masuren Collection and be conducted July Baldwin sets record 2, 2014 in Osnabrück, Germany. It is part of five days of sales to be held June 30-July with gold sovereign 4 that will offer over 5,000 lots. A record price of nearly $870,000 Since 1985 the company, was achieved May 8 when a proof which was founded in 1971, 1937 Edward VIII gold sovereign was has regularly held several sold in London by AH. Baldwin & Sons Ltd. Künker/Page 31 The firm called the 516,000-pound- Featured in the Künker series of sterling price “a world record price sales is a rare 1875 20 marks of for any Royal Mint coin ever pro- Heinrich XXII of Reuss. Baldwin/Page 33 US $4.99 CAN $5.99 06 0 FnL1 04 0120 01 JUYrVyBQdWJsaWNhdGlvbnMsIEluYyAo 02 SW9sYSBkaXZpc2lvbikPR3JlZ29yeSBL 03 cnVlZ2VyAFKpeggCMTMDMTAwATEFVVBD LUEMMDc0NDcwNTAyODUy/A== 74470 50285 2 World Coins Bring Record Prices at Stack’s Bowers Galleries We invite you to consign your ancient and world coins and paper money to our 2014 auction program. Whether you are thinking of selling your entire collection, or would like to sell selected pieces or sets, this is your opportunity to realize top market price. For one low and very competitive rate, we handle every aspect of getting you the best possible price for the items you have carefully acquired and enjoyed over the years. You will benefit from our leading- edge technology which includes real-time bidding, allowing global participation on each and every item. 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