I en længe ventet begivenhed et århundrede undervejs, skal den danske industrimand Lars Emil Bruuns (1852-1923) ekstraordinære mønt-, medalje-, seddel- og bogsamling endelig sælges i en række auktioner, der strækker sig over flere år. Fra efteråret 2024 præsenterer Stack’s Bowers Galleries denne prisbelønnede samling af skandinavisk mønt på offentlig auktion. Siden 2011 har næsten 20.000 omhyggeligt arrangerede genstande, anbragt i fire store specialfremstillede skabe (som de var ved hr. Bruuns død i 1923), forblevet sikkert opbevaret på et hemmeligt sted, forsikret for 500.000.000 danske kroner ($72,550,000 USD). Verden venter, når L. E. Bruun-samlingen, klar til at forvandle sig fra et dansk nationalklenodie til et internationalt vidunder, dukker op fra sin århundrede lange dvale og indtager sin plads som den mest værdifulde samling af verdensmønter og medaljer, der nogensinde har krydset auktionsblokken .


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