Bowers, PA

With its darkened silver surface and coppery-gold hues, the more than 130-year-old dime may not look especially remarkable at first glance. But the 1894-S Barber dime is considered one of the rarest coins in American numismatics. On Sept. 1, one example sold for $1,250,500 at auction, more than 260 times the amount a teenage collector paid for it nearly seven decades ago. That collector was Q. David Bowers, who purchased the coin for $4,750 at age 19 in 1957. The headline-grabbin

An 11-year-old boy and his father made the find of a lifetime during a Jersey Shore vacation when their search for shells led them to a fossilized tooth from one of the largest sharks to ever live. Bo Bowers and his father, Mike Bowers, discovered the huge megalodon tooth last week wedged in a rock jetty along the beach in Sea Isle City. Bo’s hands were small enough to pull the tooth out. “I was like shocked and like excited at the same time,” Bo said. The family,

The Bowers family was searching for shells in Sea Isle City when they made the discovery.

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