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Gardner auction approaches, Reverse Proof Truman dollar planned

A rare 1870-S Liberty Seated silver dollar, one of nine known, is a highlight of Heritage’s May 12 auction of the Gardner Collection.

Image courtesy Heritage Auctions.

It’s time to catch up on the week that was in numismatic insights and news.

Coin World is looking back at its five most-read stories of the week, according to reader metrics. 

Click the links to read the stories. Here they are, in reverse order: 

5. What does the quick sellout of the silver Homestead bullion coin mean?: On March 31 the U.S. Mint announced that it had sold out of the 5-ounce silver 2015 Homestead National Monument of America quarter dollars.

4. Park ranger stumbles upon trove of silver coins in remote Polish forest: The coins were housed in two large clay pots at the time of the discovery.

3. The £34 million worth of silver coins from SS City of Cairo wreck have been melted: The shipwreck took place 500 miles off the coast of St. Helena in the south Atlantic in 1942.

2. 2015 Coin and Chronicles sets to include Reverse Proof Presidential dollar: The 2015 Coin and Chronicles Set — Harry S. Truman is expected to be released sometime in December.

1. Heritage's third auction of Eugene H. Gardner's rare coins set for May 12 in New York City: Highlights in Gardner III include a rare 1870-S Seated Liberty silver dollar.

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Editor's note: Metrics were measured between Friday, April 24, and 9:45 a.m. ET Friday, May 1.

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