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1927: North America
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IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- North American Certified Trading (N.A.C.T), a division of Spectrum Numismatics, an Escala Group Company (Nasdaq: ESCL) is pleased to announce that the Eliasberg specimen 1927-D Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle has been sold for over $1.9 million. The buyer of the coin is described as "an anonymous East Coast collector," according to Andrew Glassman, President of N.A.C.T..
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Chavez, born on March 31, 1927, founded the United Farm Workers of America and led the labor union until his death on April 23, 1993. Senator Robert F. Kennedy called Cesar Chavez "One of the heroic figures of our time," and in 1994 President Clinton posthumously awarded Chavez the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor (see citation text below).
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The 1927-D Saint-Gaudens $20 gold piece once owned by Louis Eliasberg Sr. has traded hands for “in excess of $1.9 million,” according to seller North American Certified Trading. Andrew Glassman, president of NATC, described the buyer as “an anonymous East Coast collector.”.
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The following text appears on the back of the stamp: "Civil rights leader Cesar E. Chavez (1927-1993) founded the United Farm Workers of America, AFL- CIO. A tireless advocate for justice and equality for all people, he dedicated his life to working in service of others."
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As the departure site for Charles Lindbergh's historic, non-stop solo flight to Paris, France, in 1927, Lambert-St. Louis International Airport is the 11th busiest airport in North America for aircraft operations and 15th in total passengers. The airport sits on approximately 2,000 acres of land and is comprised of five runways. Lambert has 83 gates serving 10 major airlines, as well as five commuter airlines, eight onsite cargo companies, and four major charter companies. Lambert employs over 19,000 people through airlines, vendors and service companies, as well as the City of St. Louis, which owns and operates the airport.
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The interest in Friendship Dolls revived in the 1970s as scholars in Japan and America started seeking out these fifty-eight silent ambassadors of 1927. Mrs. Michiko Takaoka, director of the Japanese Cultural Center at the Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute in Spokane, Washington, has been an integral part of locating many of these dolls and unraveling their tangled histories.
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