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French man discovers gold bars worth €3.5m after inheriting home
UK Telegraph ^ | 11/22/2016 | Henry Samuel

Posted on 11/22/2016 12:08:36 PM PST by bkopto

The heir to a property in Normandy moved in only to find his forebear had hidden 100kg of gold coins, bars and ingots around the house, which he has just sold for €3.5m.

The unnamed individual made the incredible discovery after inheriting the plush home in Evreux, a town south of Rouen.

He started looking around the house to work out what his relation had left behind, and was stunned at what he found, according to the auction house of Evreux, which sold the entire collection.

“There were 5,000 gold pieces, two 12-kilo gold bars and 37 ingots each weighing one kilo,” said Nicolas Fierfort, auctioneer at the Evreux maison de ventes (auction house).

The fabulous, unexpected family fortune was stuffed all over the house, he told AFP.

...the heir stands to lose half the amount, as under French law inheritance tax stands at 45 per cent and he will also have to pay wealth tax if the deceased relation failed to do so in the last three years of life, said Le Dépêche.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: gold; treasure
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So at least 45% will go to supporting the muslim freeloaders in France? He should have kept his mouth shut.
1 posted on 11/22/2016 12:08:36 PM PST by bkopto
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His first mistake was to tell people, especially the government.


2 posted on 11/22/2016 12:10:05 PM PST by PGR88
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This could be Nazi loot from WWII, in which case he won’t get to keep any of it.


3 posted on 11/22/2016 12:10:43 PM PST by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping list.)
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To: bkopto

Greedy socialists ruining another feel good story.


4 posted on 11/22/2016 12:11:53 PM PST by SolidWood
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To: bkopto

Yeah. I learned from that story about someone finding a bunch of uncirculated american gold coins that had been stolen from the FedGov a century or so ago. They had to give them back.

If you find stuff like this, melt it down and fence it at the pawn shop. In small pieces.


5 posted on 11/22/2016 12:11:56 PM PST by Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
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To: bkopto

Did you all notice the question of whether or not the relative had paid the ‘Wealth Tax”? Many Socialist countries ask your total worth and tax you a certain percentage on what you have.......even though you have paid tax on that money.....over and over and over....


6 posted on 11/22/2016 12:14:13 PM PST by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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Yup. Loose lips....


7 posted on 11/22/2016 12:14:26 PM PST by AFreeBird (BEST. ELECTION. EVER!)
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To: bkopto

$2 Mil to the gov’t?

I’d have found a way.

Ya know, drive to Swiss bank, open an numbered account, sell it over time, cash in a home vault....


8 posted on 11/22/2016 12:14:40 PM PST by G Larry (America has the opportunity to return to God.)
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Why would he tell people about this???


9 posted on 11/22/2016 12:14:46 PM PST by marktwain
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His first mistake was to tell people, especially the government.

Bingo. Obviously the person who made/hid the money was smarter than the person who found the money.
10 posted on 11/22/2016 12:18:54 PM PST by SpaceBar
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Obviously the person who made/hid the money was smarter than the person who found the money.

Good point. The person who hid it did so to keep it out of the hands of statist, leftist, thieving national socialists, while the person who turned it in is putting it in the hands of statist, leftist, thieving national socialists.

11 posted on 11/22/2016 12:21:33 PM PST by PGR88
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To: Mr. Douglas

Make jewelry and sell it at swap meets.


12 posted on 11/22/2016 12:21:51 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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“Make jewelry and sell it at swap meets.”

Yeah! Put a chain on a 2.2 pound ingot and wear it around your neck!


13 posted on 11/22/2016 12:24:40 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: bkopto

14 posted on 11/22/2016 12:28:35 PM PST by RckyRaCoCo (FUMSM)
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Many Socialist countries ...even though you have paid tax on that money.
The US isn't much different. Your paycheck gets taxed and then when you spend what's left, it gets taxed again and again and again. Have the gall to die and they take even more.
15 posted on 11/22/2016 12:28:37 PM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Yeah. Its called “bling” nowadays.


16 posted on 11/22/2016 12:28:57 PM PST by bkopto
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First thing that you do when you find an enormous treasure trove of gold in your backyard?

Shut Up.

Second Thing?

Shut Up.

Third thing?

Find an extremely good lawyer, well versed in tax and inheritance law, because the state and anyone who can spell "gold" will be coming after you. Make sure that he knows how to Shut Up.

17 posted on 11/22/2016 12:29:31 PM PST by wbill
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To: bkopto

Why do people announce these findings? Haven’t they heard enough stories about the government just coming in and confiscating new found treasures? It’s gold. Melt it in to easily traded blobs.


18 posted on 11/22/2016 12:33:38 PM PST by Organic Panic (Gentrification in America. Rich White Man Evicts Poor Black Family - MSNBCPBSCNNNYTABC)
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To: P-Marlowe

Maybe Kelly stashed his loot in that house.


19 posted on 11/22/2016 12:35:37 PM PST by GingisK
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To: Organic Panic

Make molds of car parts and transport over to Switzerland. Goldfinger has a great system.


20 posted on 11/22/2016 12:40:45 PM PST by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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