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The E-Sylum: Volume 21, Number 10, March 11, 2018, Article 30

IN OTHER NEWS: MARCH 11, 2018

Here are some additional items I came across in the media this week that may be of interest. -Editor

Video: Ship of Gold Exhibit

Together with the Newman Numismatic Portal, David Lisot of CoinTelevision.com has published a new video on the Ship of Gold exhibit featuring coins and artifacts recovered from the wreck of the SS Central America. -Editor

Dwight Manley

To watch the complete video, see:
CoinTelevision: Ship of Gold Sails into Long Beach Expo. VIDEO: 4:07. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAQh1eMQdUE)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
LONG BEACH "SHIP OF GOLD" EXHIBIT (http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/esylum_v21n09a27.html)

Contemporary Counterfeit Coins From the Reign of Queen Isabel II

Here's a nicely illustrated CoinWeek article by Patrick O'Connor published on March 8, 2018. -Editor

To read the complete article, see:
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly "“ Contemporary Counterfeit Coins From the Reign of Queen Isabel II (https://coinweek.com/counterfeits/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-contemporary-counterfeit-coins-from-the-reign-of-queen-isabel-ii/)

Man Unable to Retrieve Smuggled Banknotes

Another entry in the you-think-I-can-just-pull-money-out-of-my-@$$? department, is this story from Turkey reported by Canadian Coin News. In this case, the answer was apparently "no, but not for lack of trying." -Editor

Algerian jeweller Salah Mennaoui, 67, was recently deported to his home country following surgery in Turkey after he was found to have illegally smuggled 290 banknotes worth 144,200 euros in his anal canal.

Last month, Mennaoui arrived in Istanbul from Algeria to buy gold. Because there was a limit to the amount of money he could carry across the border, he hid 288 banknotes worth 500 euros, as well as two banknotes worth 100 euros, in his anal cavity in the hopes of evading detection.

He was later unable to remove the banknotes and had to be rushed to a nearby private hospital after falling ill at his hotel in Istanbul. The doctors notified police after discovering the collection of 290 rolled banknotes in his anal cavity.

After the banknotes were surgically removed, Mennaoui was detained by police.

To read the complete article, see:
Algerian jeweller hospitalized after smuggling nearly 300 banknotes in anal cavity (http://canadiancoinnews.com/76893-2/)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
IN OTHER NEWS: MARCH 4, 2018 : Airport Catches Gold Smugglers (http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/esylum_v21n09a40.html)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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