LOOSE CHANGE: MARCH 3, 2024

Lou Rebrovic typed his last name into Google this weekend hoping to find some long-lost relatives to connect with now that he is retired.

Instead, he may have made a break in a mystery that has baffled his family and thousands of Clevelanders for nearly a decade: Who stole Nikola Tesla's head?

Or, more precisely: Who stole a bronze bust of Tesla that disappeared from its pedestal in the Cleveland's Serbian Cultural Garden in 2014?

Rebrovic said he was shocked when he saw one of the first results the search engine spat out: a listing on LiveAuctioneers.com, a popular auctioneering website that allows galleries and private individuals to list works of art for online auction.

When he saw the picture, Rebrovic instantly recognized it as the famed Serbian-American inventor whom his father, Matthew Louis Rebrovic, sculpted and gifted to the garden for its 2008 dedication.

I thought, ‘Oh my God, that's dad's statue,' Rebrovic recalled in a phone interview Monday.

To read the complete article, see:
Who stole Nikola Tesla's head? Bust taken from Cleveland's Cultural Gardens emerges at online auction after missing for 10 years (https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2024/02/who-stole-nikola-teslas-head-bust-taken-from-clevelands-cultural-gardens-emerges-at-online-auction-after-missing-for-10-years.html)

The field of numismatics has not been left out from the influence of technological development. Polish startup Coinstrail.com presents a new tool for collectors — a price guide and catalog of coins of European countries. For a nominal fee of $5 per month, users can access an online catalog covering coins from countries such as Poland, Germany (since 1800), Russia, and several others.

The Coinstrail.com price guide contains valuable information about the value of coins depending on their condition, presented in an easy-to-understand Sheldon scale. In total, the catalog contains data on 18,756 types of coins from different countries and periods, which allows you to accurately identify a coin. More than 300,000 records of coin auction sales allow you not only to evaluate a coin, but also to identify price trends and find the sale history of a particular coin. For certain countries, such as Poland and Russia, the catalog provides data on sales of coins from famous collections of the 20th century, which is a valuable source for finding the origin of coins.

To read the complete article, see:
Coinstrail.com Is a Tool For Valuing and Researching European Coins (https://www.greysheet.com/news/story/coinstrail-com-is-a-tool-for-valuing-and-researching-european-coins)

 

On February 28, the NFL concluded an online auction for the coin (actually a token) that was flipped to determine the first possession in overtime. This token played a large part in the event to follow in one of the most exciting finishes in Super Bowl history. The token sold for an amazing $26,300, with proceeds to benefit Luna Strong's Maui relief fund to assist the numerous youth athletic programs that suffered during the tragic fire.

To read the complete article, see:
Token Used for Super Bowl 58 Coin Flip Sells in Charity Auction for $26,300 (https://www.greysheet.com/news/story/token-used-for-super-bowl-58-coin-flip-sells-in-charity-auction-for-26300)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: FEBRUARY 4, 2024 : Super Bowl LVIII Flip Coin (https://www.coinbooks.org/v27/esylum_v27n05a20.html)

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