NEWS LITE : RARE COINS ROAR BACK INTO CIRCULATION.Like a one-in-a-million blue lobster thrown back to the sea, 10 rare coins - four of them from a collection assembled by a New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of subway clerk - will be returned to the money supply beginning today. For 10 days, officials including U.S. Treasurer Mary Ellen Withrow and the incoming president of the American Numismatic Association The American Numismatic Association was founded by Dr. George F. Heath in 1891. The ANA was formed to advance the knowledge of numismatics (the study of money) along educational, historical and scientific lines, as well as enhance interest in the hobby. will spend the coins, which have a total collector value of about $1,000, at New York businesses like delis, newsstands and the post office. After that, it's finders keepers for anyone who cares to study his or her pocket change. It's a stunt to promote coin collecting coin collecting Systematic accumulation and study of coins, tokens, paper money, and objects of similar form and purpose. The long-held view that coin collecting began with the Italian Renaissance has been challenged by growing evidence that the activity is far more as a hobby. The 10 coins include four 1914 Lincoln pennies with a rare D mark, valued at $165 each. The D stands for Denver. The mint there struck just 1.2 million of the approximately 80 million pennies made that year. The four D pennies come from the Subway Hoard, a collection of rare coins assembled from the 1940s to the 1960s by Morris Moscow, a token clerk for the New York Transit Authority, who combed through the change he handled each day. Moscow died in 1993. His 23,000 coins - many of them in little tan Transit Authority envelopes that hadn't been opened in more than 40 years - were bought by the Littleton Coin Co. of New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). for $250,000. Littleton is donating the D pennies. The stunt is an effort to publicize the American Numismatic nu·mis·mat·ic adj. 1. Of or relating to coins or currency. 2. Of or relating to numismatics. [French numismatique, from Late Latin numisma, numismat-, Association's 106th annual convention, which will be held in New York from July 30 to Aug. 3. The group has been recirculating rare coins at its conventions since 1990. `Seinfeld' model quits mayor race There will be no Mayor Kramer. Kenny Kramer Kenny Kramer was the basis for the character of Cosmo Kramer in the sitcom Seinfeld.[1] Pre-Seinfeld Prior to serving as the model for Kramer, he enjoyed a long career as a stand-up comedian, and worked as the manager for a British reggae , the quirky, real-life inspiration for the ``Seinfeld'' character who bears his surname, discovered that politics is too much like work. That realization ended his short-but-silly campaign for mayor of New York City The Mayor of New York City is the head of the executive branch of the Government of New York City. The office administers all city services, public property, police and fire protection, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within the city. . He had collected thousands of signatures on petitions since he jumped into the race in May. ``I finally realized that when I was standing in the sun, asking people to sign my petitions, I could be out on the golf course. Being a guy who requires lots of leisure time, that's no good,'' said Kramer, 53. ``Seinfeld'' co-creator Larry David lived across the hall from the real Kramer for 10 years. Kramer endorsed Mayor Rudolph Giuliani: ``He's an honest man doing a good job.'' The mayoral race was Kramer's latest attempt to cash in on ``Seinfeld.'' He is still running a tour of New York sites mentioned in the TV series. Reagan's their boy in suburban Illinois Hollywood and Washington come to mind when people think of Ronald Reagan. But several Illinois towns hope to change that by marketing their Reagan connections to tourists. They plan to promote a Ronald Reagan Roadway that tourists can follow to visit the key sites in Reagan's life: his birthplace, boyhood home and college. ``The Lincoln sites are well-developed. The void is President Reagan's area right here,'' Eureka Mayor Joe Serangeli, a leader in the effort, said Tuesday. Reagan was born in Tampico and grew up in nearby Dixon, both about 90 miles west of Chicago. He graduated from Eureka College The college was founded by a group of abolitionists who had left Kentucky because of their opposition to slavery. When the school opened its doors it became the first school in Illinois (and only the third in the United States) to educate women on an equal basis with men. . Dour TV detectivelongs for laughter Enough with the drama. The actor who plays the intense Detective Pembleton on ``Homicide'' wants to go for the laughs. Andre Braugher said he will leave NBC's acclaimed show after this season because he wants to grow as an actor. ``I can play funny. I'm very funny. Immensely funny. Side-splittingly funny,'' Braugher, 35, told The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia Inquirer Morning newspaper, long one of the most influential dailies in the eastern U.S. Founded in 1847 as the Pennsylvania Inquirer, it took its present name c. 1860. It was a strong supporter of the Union in the American Civil War. . He's been in California working on the movie ``City of Angels,'' starring Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan. Melissa Leo Melissa Leo (born 14 September 1960) is an American actress known for playing the tough-minded shift-Det. Kay Howard on the award-winning TV series from 1993–1997. She has also been a regular on All My Children and The Young Riders. , who played Sgt. Kay Howard Kay Howard is a fictional homicide detective from . She was played by actress Melissa Leo. Early and family life In a season three episode, Howard visits the small coastal oyster-fishing town where she was brought up. on ``Homicide,'' and Max Perlich, who portrayed videographer A person involved in the production of video material. Videographers shoot the images with a video camera (analog or digital) and may perform minimal or extensive editing of the resulting footage. J.H. Brodie, won't be back in the squad room this season. New detective characters will replace them. The Artist takes his lyrics to `1999' seriously The Purple Prince of Pas`sion vowed to party like it's 1999. Now he says he'll keep touring until then. The Artist announced a world-tour jam that will stretch into 1999 and end with a big bang big bang Model of the origin of the universe, which holds that it emerged from a state of extremely high temperature and density in an explosive expansion 10 billion–15 billion years ago. in a secret locale. Along the way, he'll be joined by No Doubt, George Clinton, Carlos Santana, Chaka Khan and Lenny Kravitz. The Artist told a news conference in Manhattan that the tour began Monday in Detroit. Other dates won't be announced until a week before each show to discourage scalpers. As Prince, he once roared onto concert stages on a purple motorcycle. The singer is now going for a stark stage set and minimalist approach. ``I've been known to have some spectacles in my day,'' he said, ``and I wanted to get away from that vibe and do one tour that basically featured me.'' CAPTION(S): 3 Photos Photo: (1) Chelsea's night out Chelsea Clinton, surrounded by friends, attends a preview of the film ``Air Force One'' on Wednesday. Associated Press (2) BRAUGHER (3) KRAMER |
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