Collector paid £36k for Richard's Angel Coin

This coin went for three times the expected amount. Perhaps we'd all better buy the R3 books we want before the price goes up next year, after those bones are confirmed as Richard's, and his new fans discover him.

Article on the auction of the angel (and you still can't see the boar's head...unless they're thinking the dragon under St. Michael is a boar):

http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Collector-pays-pound-36k-gold-coin-Leicestershire/story-17525801-detail/story.html

Apparently, the coin wasn't found on the battlefield, but 10-12 miles away.

~Weds

What a thrill that the coin sold for such a high amount! Somewhere my Richard is laughing. Maire.

--- In , "wednesday_mc" <wednesday.mac@...> wrote:
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> This coin went for three times the expected amount. Perhaps we'd all better buy the R3 books we want before the price goes up next year, after those bones are confirmed as Richard's, and his new fans discover him.
>
> Article on the auction of the angel (and you still can't see the boar's head...unless they're thinking the dragon under St. Michael is a boar):
>
> http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Collector-pays-pound-36k-gold-coin-Leicestershire/story-17525801-detail/story.html
>
> Apparently, the coin wasn't found on the battlefield, but 10-12 miles away.
>
> ~Weds
>

Huh. He only bought it 'cos it was cheaper than 'The Coronation of Richard III: The Extant Documents' on Amazon...

:p

--- In , "wednesday_mc" <wednesday.mac@...> wrote:
>
> This coin went for three times the expected amount. Perhaps we'd all better buy the R3 books we want before the price goes up next year, after those bones are confirmed as Richard's, and his new fans discover him.
>
> Article on the auction of the angel (and you still can't see the boar's head...unless they're thinking the dragon under St. Michael is a boar):
>
> http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Collector-pays-pound-36k-gold-coin-Leicestershire/story-17525801-detail/story.html
>
> Apparently, the coin wasn't found on the battlefield, but 10-12 miles away.
>
> ~Weds
>

I don't mind a few new fans (of the right sort) as long as Richard doesn't become fashionable



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Subject: Collector paid £36k for Richard's Angel Coin

 
This coin went for three times the expected amount. Perhaps we'd all better buy the R3 books we want before the price goes up next year, after those bones are confirmed as Richard's, and his new fans discover him.

Article on the auction of the angel (and you still can't see the boar's head...unless they're thinking the dragon under St. Michael is a boar):

http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Collector-pays-pound-36k-gold-coin-Leicestershire/story-17525801-detail/story.html

Apparently, the coin wasn't found on the battlefield, but 10-12 miles away.

~Weds