Danish magnate's coin collection to go on sale century after his death

COPENHAGEN, Denmark: A century after his death, the coin collection of a Danish butter magnate Lars Emil Bruun will go on sale and could fetch up to US$72 million.

In his will, Bruun, born in 1852, stipulated that his 20,000-piece collection must be kept for 100 years before being sold. As he feared another war after the end of World War 1, he wanted the collection to be a reserve for Denmark.

This autumn