There are some 750,000 coins stored in one room in a well-protected Israel Antiquities Authority vault and Donald T. Ariel, the head of the IAA’s Coin Department, stands watch over them all.

Displays will feature treasure reclaimed from shipwrecks, including two from the Gulf of Mexico. "Everybody likes the shipwreck coin," said Jay Chamberlain, the club's bursar chairman.

The 1852 coin was last valued at $500,000, thanks to the fact that the coins, which were minted by a private minter, Moffat & Co, between 1849 and 1854, were melted once the government mint opened ...

Coin collector displays fractional-currency exhibit at library September 23, 2012 at 12:00 a.m. | Updated September 26, 2012 at 12:32 p.m. by Carolf Rolf Contributing Writer ...