2012: Rare 1792 penny sells for $1.15 million
Coin was auctioned off in Chicago
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The front and back of a copper and silver 1792 experimental penny that sold at auction in Schaumburg, Ill. on Thursday, April 19, 2012. Officials with Heritage Auctions say Kevin Lipton of Beverly Hills, Calif., bought the penny on behalf of a group of unnamed investors for $1 million and must also pay the auction house's 15 percent commission. It was never actually put into circulation and only 14 examples of the coin are known to exist.
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — When is a penny worth $1.15 million? When it is a rare experimental penny minted in 1792.
The unusual coin was auctioned off Thursday at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in suburban Chicago.
Officials with Heritage Auctions say Kevin Lipton of Beverly Hills, Calif., bought the penny on behalf of a group of unnamed investors. The winning bid was $1 million, but the investors also must pay the auction house’s 15 percent commission.
The coin is made from copper and incases a small plug of silver.
The silver was added to make the penny heavier, said Todd Imhof, executive vice president of Heritage Auctions. On one side of the coin, a depiction of Miss Liberty is ringed by the phrase “Liberty Parent of Science & Industry.” The back of the coin reads “United States of America One Cent.”
“After 200 years, we can only account for 14 of these,” said Imhof, who added that the penny was never actually put into circulation.
The same coin was last sold at a public auction in 1974, when it went for $105,000.
“It’s a real classic, one that’s rarely seen in such good condition,” Imhof said.
The unusual coin was auctioned off Thursday at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in suburban Chicago.
Officials with Heritage Auctions say Kevin Lipton of Beverly Hills, Calif., bought the penny on behalf of a group of unnamed investors. The winning bid was $1 million, but the investors also must pay the auction house’s 15 percent commission.
The coin is made from copper and incases a small plug of silver.
The silver was added to make the penny heavier, said Todd Imhof, executive vice president of Heritage Auctions. On one side of the coin, a depiction of Miss Liberty is ringed by the phrase “Liberty Parent of Science & Industry.” The back of the coin reads “United States of America One Cent.”
“After 200 years, we can only account for 14 of these,” said Imhof, who added that the penny was never actually put into circulation.
The same coin was last sold at a public auction in 1974, when it went for $105,000.
“It’s a real classic, one that’s rarely seen in such good condition,” Imhof said.
2012: World’s first pregnant man splits from wife of 9 years Thomas Beatie has given birth to 3 kids
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By Rich Schapiro / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Christopher Hunt/TB/Getty Images: Thomas Beatie and his wife Nancy Beatie
The world’s first pregnant man has split from his better half.
Thomas Beatie, the bearded transgendered man who gave birth to three children, has separated from his wife of nine years.
“Like all marriages, we have our ups and downs, and we’re going through a rough patch right now,” Beatie reveals during a taping of the TV show, “The Doctors.”
“At the moment, we’re separated.”
Beatie, 38, gained fame in 2007 when photos of him, pregnant and bearded, circulated around the world.
Beatie, who was born female, kept his reproductive organs when he had a sex change operation in 1998.
Beatie had been living in Bend, Ore., with his wife, Nancy, 49, and their three kids: daughter Susan and sons Austin and Jensen.
Death threats had forced the family to live in seclusion.
Since their split, Beatie has undergone a final female-to-male gender reassignment surgery, People magazine reported.
“Nancy hasn’t seen the new me yet,” Beatie says.
Thomas Beatie, the bearded transgendered man who gave birth to three children, has separated from his wife of nine years.
“Like all marriages, we have our ups and downs, and we’re going through a rough patch right now,” Beatie reveals during a taping of the TV show, “The Doctors.”
“At the moment, we’re separated.”
Beatie, 38, gained fame in 2007 when photos of him, pregnant and bearded, circulated around the world.
Beatie, who was born female, kept his reproductive organs when he had a sex change operation in 1998.
Beatie had been living in Bend, Ore., with his wife, Nancy, 49, and their three kids: daughter Susan and sons Austin and Jensen.
Death threats had forced the family to live in seclusion.
Since their split, Beatie has undergone a final female-to-male gender reassignment surgery, People magazine reported.
“Nancy hasn’t seen the new me yet,” Beatie says.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/world-pregnant-man-splits-wife-9-years-article-1.1064527#ixzz1sZqcm2Ll
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A holographic image of Tupac Shakur that stunned an audience at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. may make future appearances, according to industry sources.
Tupac is still alive — or at least rap mogul Suge Knight thinks so.
Days after Tupac Shakur appeared in hologram form at a California concert, Knight suggested the rapper might just be in hiding.
“Nobody seen Tupac dead,” Knight told Los Angeles radio station 93.5 KDAY on Friday.
“Maybe the question is . . . Pac’s not really dead . . . Pac’s somewhere else.”
Knight was with Tupac when he was slain in a hail of bullets in Las Vegas in 1996. His killer has never been found.
Tupac was resurrected at the Coachella Music Festival on Sunday, performing via a high-definition 3-D holographic projection system.
TUPAC HOLOGRAM JUST THE BEGINNING? MICHAEL JACKSON MAY BE NEXT
TUPAC HITS STAGE AT COACHELLA WITH THE HELP OF 3-D TECHNOLOGY
Days after Tupac Shakur appeared in hologram form at a California concert, Knight suggested the rapper might just be in hiding.
“Nobody seen Tupac dead,” Knight told Los Angeles radio station 93.5 KDAY on Friday.
“Maybe the question is . . . Pac’s not really dead . . . Pac’s somewhere else.”
Knight was with Tupac when he was slain in a hail of bullets in Las Vegas in 1996. His killer has never been found.
Tupac was resurrected at the Coachella Music Festival on Sunday, performing via a high-definition 3-D holographic projection system.
TUPAC HOLOGRAM JUST THE BEGINNING? MICHAEL JACKSON MAY BE NEXT
TUPAC HITS STAGE AT COACHELLA WITH THE HELP OF 3-D TECHNOLOGY
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/tupac-alive-rap-mogul-suge-knight-article-1.1065298#ixzz1skZL7vfG
THIS WORLD CALLED HELL
You have to realise that this reality is hell. The world we live in is hell. Even if there is a Inner-earth, it has to be admitted: this world is as low as you can get. You were dumped here. Not out of your own choise, but as punishment. Punishment for sins, crimes and spiritual wickedness in former lives. You have only one chance, that is to become immortal and conquer death. It is your last chance to get back to the real world. But the curse of your penalty is that you forgot this. So you think that you are the centre of the universe and that you have the God-potential.
This is true.
But you have forgotten, what that means. The Gods and Goddesses, the fallen angels you encounter in this world are here for the same reason as you. Out of punismment. They are either crazy, violent and narcistic or all and more. This incrowd plays with you like you were a toy and you even seem to enjoy it. They are totally immoral and beyond saving. They know that they are stuck here forever and that makes them desperate, violent and unpredictable. But you accept it and even worship it.
Ignorance is the cause of all suffering, the Buddha said and he was right. But he neglected the fact that ignorance is a tool in the hands of the Elite, to maintain their power over us. And we are massaged in believing, that this is the best world to live in.
Which of cause it is not. This world is coming to an end and tremendous changes are coming. Why? Because prisonguards, our alien guardians, get tired of all the mess and all the noise, we people make and start cleaning the place. A kind of ethnic and ecological cleansing. The first signs of it are to be seen.
What's the essence of hell? It the abstenence of time. We live in an endless world, while thinking to be mortal. We are even programmed to believe, that this is the way things go. Which it is not. After dying you might wake up in cage, which also contains three hungry Comodo-dragons.
