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Here is the news about the weakening pound.
The Star, Wednesday January 14, 2009
PETALING JAYA: The weakening of the pound is prompting more Malaysians to buy into the currency, especially parents with children studying or about to study in Britain, checks at money-changers showed. And yes, say economists, now is a good time to buy the pound although there could be further weakening.
“Don’t try to find a bottom because you will never find it. The current level of 5.24 (ringgit to the pound) is not bad,” said CIMB Group Sdn Bhd group treasury and investments deputy chief executive officer Lee Kok Kwan.
Since the beginning of the credit crisis about 18 months ago, the pound has plunged 25% against the local unit and 28% against the US dollar. Since the beginning of the credit crisis 18 months ago, the pound has plunged 25% against the ringgit and 28% against the US dollar — AFP
Lee believes that the pound would continue to fall, given that Britain was going through a protracted slowdown.











The true story may never be known as to how they left the mint, but a coin dealer sold at least nine of them and one ended up in the collection of King Farouk of Eqypt. 40 years later, the coin showed up in New York in the possession of a coin dealer. The Secret Service seized the expensive coin and a legal battle began in court. During the several years of litigation, the expensive collectible was stored in the Treasury vaults at the World Trade Center, but after the lawsuit was finally settled in 2001 the coin was moved and later auctioned off on July 30, 2002 for $6.6 million, plus a buyer’s fee of 15% for a total price for the world’s most expensive coin $7,590,020.
In 2004. ten more specimens of the gold Double Eagle coins were discovered among the effects of the coin dealer who sold the previous specimens. One of his heirs sent all ten to the U.S. Mint to be authenticated and the Secret Service seized them. They now reside in Fort Knox while a new legal battle is fought over their ownership of these copies of the most expensive coin ever sold.
source: http://most-expensive.net/coin-world
This record has already been beaten by The Neil/Carter/Contrusi 1794 flowing hair dollar, sold for $7.85 million to the Cardinal Collection Educational Foundation of Sunnyvale by Steven L. Contursi.
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