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By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited by Laurent Belsie

March 29, 1983

If a Pittsburgh auction is anything to go by, the market for US coins is picking up substantially. The auction of nearly 2,000 coins from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History brought in $1.2 million - 50 percent more than the event's manager expected.