Posted on 02/26/2014 5:33:17 AM PST by Daffynition
LOS ANGELES A California couple on their daily walk with their dog, a walk they've taken for years, discovered what may be the greatest buried treasures ever found in the U.S.
The cache of rare Gold Rush-era coins is worth more than $10 million, a currency firm representing the pair said on Tuesday.
The 1,400 gold pieces, dating to the mid- to late 1800s and still in nearly mint condition, were discovered buried in eight decaying metal cans on the couple's land in April, said coin expert David McCarthy of currency firm Kagin's.
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Just WOW! Thanks darling!
Especially since they *blabbed* about it.
Great story! Thanks for sharing.
Human nature and the *need* for their 15 minutes must cloud common sense in a case as this.
Maybe if they are on food stamps.....they’ll squeak by.
Exactly
**I wonder if they were buried in the 1930s when the U.S. government required it citizens to stop hording gold and turn in everything but the family jewels?
The coins may have been minted in the 1800s, but that might have been a nest egg that was hidden to protect it from the gold hungry government. So, if this was illegally held gold, meant to keep it from confiscation when the government called it in during the 30s, then technically it was stolen from the government and must be returned with penalties, fines, fees and possible jail time for the ones who “found” the gold.**
This from a coin forum:
**I wonder if there’s any chance this couple found the $30,000 stolen from the San Francisco Mint by Chief Clerk Walter Dimmick during the turn of the century. Some things to think about are the face value of what was found is just $3,000 shy of the amount stolen, the mint state condition of the coins, the total amount of coins stolen vs the amount found (1,500 & 1,427), the stolen coins were double eagles and never found.**
http://www.usmint.gov/kids/coinnews/mintfacilities/sfo/
This is very interesting at the very least!
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