A coin for Prita
updated: Tue Dec 22 2009 22:04:00
A hospital complaint draws a fine and spawns a social movement in Indonesia. CNN's Atika Shubert reports.
Prita Mulyasari has become an "accidental hero" in Indonesia, spawning a social movement among many Indonesians in support of her battle with the country's legal system.
Coin collectors may be happy to hear a possible extension of 50-state quarter program scheduled to wrap up by the end of 2008, according to a published report.
FSB: Realm of the Coinupdated: Fri Apr 01 2005 00:01:00
In his quest to find well-heeled clients for his rare-coin business, Ken Smaltz Jr., 42, shows up in the most unlikely places, from baseball's spring training camps to New York City's Friar's Club,...
FSB: Gold Rushupdated: Tue Mar 01 2005 00:01:00
We're 50 miles off Florida's Atlantic coast, and things aren't going well. A deep-sea recovery device the size of a Hummer is floating in the water alongside its 250-foot-long mother ship, the Odys...
A mistake in the minting process for some quarters issued last year is putting coin collectors in a frenzy. Speculators are bidding up prices for the recently discovered pieces from their 25-cent face value to nearly $1,500.
CNNMoney: Pack-rat softwareupdated: Mon Dec 06 2004 16:53:00
PHOENIX (Komando.com) - Organizing collectibles is a snap using your computer. You can maintain records on what you own, its value, the location and even include a picture. While specialized database software helps get the job done, you may already have exactly what you need.
My dad collected things. Our house was filled with 19th-century furniture and glassware. He also had stamp plate blocks, coins and even Chinese snuff bottles, which he displayed in a little mirror-...
Give credit where it's due: Collectors can create value in almost anything. And these days a growing number have set their sights on old credit cards, shelling out $500 to $700 for pieces of expire...
Since the rare-coin market is risky and largely unregulated, many investors have begun to put their faith in services claiming to provide standardized appraisals by encasing coins in plastic slabs ...
Money Magazine: BY POPULAR DEMAND updated: Tue May 01 1990 00:01:00
-- Following MONEY's March story ''The Pros Flub Our Third Annual Tax-Return Test,'' many readers have requested a copy of the tax preparers' quiz. It is available by sending a $5 check or money or...
''It's the greatest investment in the world . . . There's not much supply out there and demand is sky-high . . . Don't miss the huge price run-ups . . . Some of our clients doubled their money last...
Encasing rare coins in plastic slabs -- a practice pioneered just four years ago by fraud-conscious dealers -- was supposed to allow collectors to buy and sell with confidence. It hasn't worked out...
By now, you've probably seen former Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin on TV hawking those new $5 coins commemorating the 20th anniversary of the first moon walk. The lunar coins, along with their $50 si...
Fortune: Golden hopesupdated: Mon Jun 06 1988 00:01:00
It used to be that when there was a gold rush, you had to git where the gold was. Timing was important. A good horse helped. Nowadays it's simpler. Gold bullion coins, minted by countries as legal ...
Rare gold coins, always a hot item in the $1-billion-a-year coin collecting market, are looking even more lustrous as investors scramble to give their portfolios a few troy ounces of inflation prot...
Not even a goldbug could have conjured up a likelier time than now to diversify your investments with a little gold, silver or platinum. The Wall Street crash has shown in Technicolor the dangers o...
If all the gold that has been taken from the earth in all of recorded history could be molded into one cube, it would measure only 18 yards to a side -- small enough to fit in a modest suburban bac...
Okay. You are sure there won't be a nuclear war before Easter. You are certain inflation will lay low, and Uncle Sam will not default on his bonds. So why invest even a dime of your money in gold, ...
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