I wish I could find gold coins from the time of Henry VIII in my backyard.........But I doubt he ever came to Florida on vaycay..........
I’m surprised that they weren’t confiscated as “ government property”.
I’m Henery The Eighth, I Am! Henery The Eighth, I Am, I am!
I got married to the widow next door,
She’s been married seven times before.
And ev’ryone was a Henery,
She wouldn’t have Willie or a Sam.
I’m her eighth old man named Henery,
Henery the Eighth, I Am!
A nice chunk of change. About 1/3 the price of the lowest priced home in the neighborhood.
Says much about Gold,.....called Wealth, it held its value for centuries. Not so with meme coins, Bitcoins, paper currencies, electrons, equities, or anything else people think is “money”.
Big difference between “ money” and Wealth.
Twenty-six pounds in 1530, invested at just two percent per year, compounded annually, would come to about 518,000 pounds, or 140,000 pounds more than the family got. Which is why the Master cast out the servant who buried his talents.
It was reported in the Ocala (Florida) Star Banner, back in the 1960’s, that 2 guys had accidentally hooked (they were fishing) onto something while fishing in the Ocklawaha River. They pulled hard and a piece of old looking wood broke of as they reeled it in.
These guys marked the spot, and returned later with some diving gear and under water lights. Turned out, they had discovered the sunken remains of an old Spanish Ship. The newspaper printed the story, and showed pictures of treasure they had managed to find and bring up.
Later on, another story came out in the newspaper, that the State of Florida, had claimed the treasure, and demanded all of it be surrendered to the state. According to the story, the men stated they had gone back to where they had found it, and told the state that if they wanted it, they would have to go and find it where it lay in the river.
£380,000
Doesn’t sound like enough
No coins of Richard III?
You would think that the numismatic value of 69 gold coins would be more than $300,000, especially with gold hovering around $4,000/oz.
Bkmk