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California couple finds $10M in gold coins buried in their yard
HartfordCourant ^
| February 26, 2014
Posted on 02/26/2014 5:33:17 AM PST by Daffynition
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To: JoeProBono
Just WOW! Thanks darling!
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02/26/2014 11:06:58 AM PST
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Daffynition
("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
To: jsanders2001
Especially since they *blabbed* about it.
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02/26/2014 11:09:23 AM PST
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Daffynition
("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
To: ExSES
Great story! Thanks for sharing.
Human nature and the *need* for their 15 minutes must cloud common sense in a case as this.
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02/26/2014 11:15:20 AM PST
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Daffynition
("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
To: amnestynone
Maybe if they are on food stamps.....they’ll squeak by.
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02/26/2014 11:17:33 AM PST
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Daffynition
("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
To: Salgak; E. Pluribus Unum; Uncle Chip
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posted on
02/26/2014 11:20:00 AM PST
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Daffynition
("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
To: Daffynition
Ten bucks says that Governor Moonbeam and/or America's Community Organizer-In-Chief will declare the coins to,somehow,be the rightful property of the state/Feds.
To: Gay State Conservative
**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.**
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02/26/2014 7:38:47 PM PST
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Daffynition
("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
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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posted on
02/26/2014 7:56:13 PM PST
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Daffynition
("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
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02/27/2014 5:48:39 AM PST
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deport
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