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Royal Mint Is Mining Gold
From Discarded Electronics

Aug 25, 2024 8:56 AM CDT

Royal Mint Is Mining Gold From Discarded Electronics

UK's official coin maker invests in a new factory to extract it from old phones, laptops, etc.

(Newser) - There's gold in your old iPhone and laptop, and the British Mint is not letting it go to waste. CBS News reports that the UK's official coin maker has begun mining e-waste for gold at a new industrial plant in Wales. "What we're doing here is...

Ground Control Sends Up
Coin Honoring David Bowie

Dec 7, 2020 5:04 PM CST

Ground Control Sends Up Coin Honoring David Bowie

'Space Oddity' homage returns to Earth after 40 minutes, kicking off a series for sale

(Newser) - It was taken up by a balloon, not in a tin can, but a David Bowie commemorative coin has been launched into space and brought back safely to Earth. Britain's Royal Mint was behind the launch, the Guardian reports, sending the coin 22 miles up. It's the first...

Michelle Obama Speaks on 'the Beauty of George Bush'

Michelle Obama Dishes
on Dubya Passing Her
Things at Funerals

Dec 17, 2018 8:18 AM CST

Michelle Obama Dishes on Dubya Passing Her Things at Funerals

Former first lady says George W. Bush had 'the sense of humor to bring me a mint'

(Newser) - Another "cough drop moment" between Michelle Obama and George W. Bush? Per People and Today , the former first lady made a stop in San Jose, Calif., on Friday for her book tour, and she addressed an apparent repeat of what took place at John McCain's memorial service in...

Ex-Mint Worker Guilty of Stealing $165K in Gold in His Butt

Man Guilty
of Making Off
With $165K of
Gold in His Butt

Nov 10, 2016 3:37 AM CST

Man Guilty of Making Off With $165K of Gold in His Butt

Leston Lawrence inserted gold pucks into rectum, coincidentally named judge finds

(Newser) - Leston Lawrence set off the metal detectors at his employer, the Royal Canadian Mint, nearly 30 times in three months, but other workers could never find evidence of anything on him, the CBC notes. Wednesday, however, he was found guilty of smuggling out 22 gold pucks worth $165,000, and...

Australia Mints One-Ton Coin

Oct 27, 2011 2:36 PM CDT

Australia Mints One-Ton Coin

Face value is $1M, but it's worth more than 50 times that

(Newser) - Australia's Perth Mint has created the world’s biggest gold coin—more than a ton of 99.99% pure gold, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. The coin’s face value is $1 million Australian dollars—just over $1 million American—but it’s worth more like $57 million American....

Brazilian Mint Tea Kills Pain

Nov 30, 2009 9:07 AM CST

Brazilian Mint Tea Kills Pain

It's as effective as an aspirin-type drug

(Newser) - Traditional Brazilian healers who used indigenous mint to relieve headaches and stomach pain were onto something, say researchers who found the mint tea is as effective a pain reliever as aspirin-type medication. But this isn't just any mint tea: The leaves of a Brazilian mint variety are boiled for 30...