The Traveller Collection's $100 million coin trove heads to NAC auction
A collection of 15,000 historical coins, known as the Traveller Collection, is set to be auctioned by Numismatica Ars ...
$100 million coin collection, buried for decades, up for auction
The vast coin collection, much of which was buried underground for more than 50 years, is expected to fetch in excess of $100 ...
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Ups and downs: a history of elevators
AI and BMI together will destroy the human race. The former will replace human brains and the latter, Body Mass Index, will ...
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Maria Agnesi, the greatest female mathematician you’ve never heard of
Agnesi dedicated the “Basic Principles” to Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, who acknowledged the favor with a letter of thanks and a diamond-bearing box and ring. Pope Benedict XIV praised the work ...
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The enlightened rule of the Empress Maria Theresa
The role of personality and charm in running a state is one theme of Richard Bassett’s superb book, the first English biography of the Empress Maria Theresa since Edward Crankshaw’s in 1969. The ...
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Maria Theresa "Cookie" Mendez
LA MARQUE, TX — Maria Theresa Aurora “Cookie” Ponce Mendez, 82, most affectionately known to family and friends simply as “Cookie”, peacefully departed on her final journey to eternal rest on February ...