Auctioning off coins after waiting 100 years!

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/26/style/denmark-le-bruun-coin-collection-auction/index.html

I've read this a few hours ago, was thinking on posting it here later.

And if you're curious, these are the Numista pages of the coins appearing on the article:

N#420401 

N#118928 

Interesting article posted. I can see the smiles on his descendants faces now. It would be sad to see such a vast collection breaking up. Such a collection should be displayed in a museum, but then we all love money, especially in millions if not billions, don't we?.

A new link:

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/26/style/denmark-le-bruun-coin-collection-auction/index.html

Thanks for sharing! What an interesting story And wise man to leave this collection held in reserve for his nation, yet also left for his descendants!

A very unusual disposition indeed of a last will.

Interesting to know what would have happened if the person wouldn't have any living offspring after 100 years?

I was able to hold this