Author: Capitalism has run amok (USA Today)

 Filed under: Coins News — ichatmedia @ Jun 16th, 2008

It is from Gresham’s Law bad money drives out good money that Kevin Phillips named his latest book, Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism. But instead of debased money, he turns his pen against bad capitalism: subprime lending, exotic financial instruments and exploding debt.


 Using your loose change? (Straits Times)

 Filed under: Coins News — ichatmedia @ Jun 16th, 2008

MOST shopkeepers reject them and the Singapore Mint no longer produces them, but Singaporeans, it seems, are still holding on to their one-cent coins.


 In your zip pocket (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

 Filed under: Coins News — ichatmedia @ Jun 16th, 2008

If you hate having to empty your pockets and put the metal items - coins, keys, cell phone - into those open (and thus vulnerable) plastic bins at airport X-ray checkpoints, here’s a welcome alternative. The Quick Pass Luggage Tag is a 4-inch-by- 3-inch I


 Residents question MSD stormwater charges (West County Journal)

 Filed under: Coins News — ichatmedia @ Jun 16th, 2008

What you thought was the sound of rain drops hitting your roof could have been the sound of coins bouncing off and washing down your gutter pipes.


 National Guard’s 224 Engineers honored during ceremony (Corvallis Gazette-Times)

 Filed under: Coins News — ichatmedia @ Jun 16th, 2008

Maj. Gen. Raymond Rees of the Oregon National Guard talks to Wesley Barnhouse of Alsea during the demobilization ceremony Wednesday for the 224 Engineer Company at the Linn County Fair & Expo Center in Albany. Gov. Ted Kulongoski greeted each of the soldiers and presented them with commemorative coins. The 224 Engineers returned Saturday to Albany from Fort Hood, Texas, after a 9 1/2-month …


 Gear: Quick Pass Luggage Tag (The Kansas City Star)

 Filed under: Coins News — ichatmedia @ Jun 16th, 2008

If you hate having to empty the metal contents of your pockets — coins, keys, cell phone and so on — into those open plastic bins at airport X-ray checkpoints, here’s a welcome alternative.


 Illinois bus driver and artist coins a new name for himself: ‘In God We Trust’ (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

 Filed under: Coins News — ichatmedia @ Jun 16th, 2008

ZION, Ill. - A school bus driver and amateur artist from the Chicago suburb of Zion has legally changed his name to “In God We Trust.” A Lake County circuit court judge approved Steve Kreuscher’s (CROY’-shirz) name change petition on Friday.


 ‘I didn’t do anything wrong’ Police charge Erie woman with making up theft claim (Erie Times-News)

 Filed under: Coins News — ichatmedia @ Jun 16th, 2008

Police said Patricia A. Caffro called her State Farm insurance agent March 24 to ask about taking out additional insurance on her jewelry. The next day, she reported to police that $30,000 in jewelry and coins had been stolen from her house.


 Treasure hunt coins sell for £35k (BBC News)

 Filed under: Coins News — ichatmedia @ Jun 16th, 2008

A hoard of ancient coins discovered by a man with a metal detector in a Kent field sell for over £35,000.


 Celtic coins break sales record (Channel 4)

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Ancient coins discovered by a man with a metal detector have been auctioned for more than £35,000. The 41 Celtic gold coins, dating back to the first half of the 1st century, were found by a mystery collector in a Kent field.