Man behind the "Tyrant Collection" unmasked

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  1. jultorsk

    jultorsk Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...nveils-collection-coins-minted-every-english/

    A tech billionaire known as “the Tyrant” has finished the first coin collection spanning the entirety of English and British history, with an array of currency more complete than that of the Royal Mint.

    Coins minted by every monarch – all the way back to 7th-century Anglo-Saxon kings – have been compiled by the secretive collector to form part of a £300 million set known as the “Tyrant Collection”.

    The mysterious figure behind the set, until now known only as “the Tyrant” in the numismatic community, has been unmasked as a US tech billionaire who has spent the past 17 years assembling the most valuable coin hoard in the world.

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    https://thetyrantcollection.com
     
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    serial Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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  3. mmm....shiney!

    mmm....shiney! Administrator Staff Member Silver Stacker

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    I love "the Tyrant" concept too.

    The Alfred the Great coin would be the most meaningful for me.
     
  4. goldpelican

    goldpelican Administrator Staff Member

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    Paywalled - answer is Dan O’Dowd - "CEO of Green Hills Software, which specializes in software for “embedded systems” — built-in microprocessors dedicated to hardware — with customers in the aerospace, military and automotive realms, among others."

    I need to get along to a show when they're displaying some of it next.
     
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    jultorsk Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Shucks, didn't realise it was paywalled as I was reading it. :oops: Thanks GP.
     

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