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Calif. couple strike $10 million gold-coin bonanza
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| 25 Feb 2014
| John Rogers
Posted on 02/25/2014 2:15:04 PM PST by Theoria
Edited on 02/25/2014 2:16:23 PM PST by Admin Moderator.
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A Northern California couple out walking their dog on their property stumbled across a modern-day bonanza: $10 million in rare, mint-condition gold coins buried in the shadow of an old tree.
Nearly all of the 1,427 coins, dating from 1847 to 1894, are in uncirculated, mint condition, said David Hall, co-founder of Professional Coin Grading Service of Santa Ana, which recently authenticated them. Although the face value of the gold pieces only adds up to about $27,000, some of them are so rare that coin experts say they could fetch nearly $1 million apiece.
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TOPICS: History; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: afterthegoldrush; bahog; california; coin; coins; gold; goldbugs; numismatics; saddleridgehoard; treasure
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wow. look what someone found near a tree.
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posted on
02/25/2014 2:15:04 PM PST
by
Theoria
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To: Theoria
Tax man happy. Leprechaun, not so much.
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posted on
02/25/2014 2:16:05 PM PST
by
Theoria
(End Socialism : No more GOP and Dem candidates)
To: Theoria
To: Theoria
They found my super secret gold stash!!!!
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posted on
02/25/2014 2:17:14 PM PST
by
GraceG
To: Theoria
wow. look what someone found near a tree. It's under a big W.
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posted on
02/25/2014 2:20:58 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Republican amnesty supporters don't care whether their own homes are called mansions or haciendas.)
To: Theoria
so cometh the federal government to claim THEIR gold. This couple needs take that gold and leave the US quickly.
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posted on
02/25/2014 2:22:54 PM PST
by
drypowder
To: Theoria
Uh oh. I can just see the feds coming on over and confiscating the lot because they are government proprty. This has happened many times. People better start keeping their mouths shut in these circumstances.
To: Theoria
At a price of $1350/troy oz, the happy couple found 20 troy oz.
Here comes the CA taxman! Grab ahold of your underwear!
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posted on
02/25/2014 2:24:42 PM PST
by
bkopto
(Free men are not equal. Equal men are not free.)
To: KarlInOhio
That looks like a golf course in Hawaii.
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posted on
02/25/2014 2:26:14 PM PST
by
getitright
(If you call this HOPE, can we give despair a shot?)
To: Theoria
Look at how shiny and clean those gold coins are in there.
It’s almost like someone minted them yesterday and stuck them in there.
To: Theoria
The government will claim they are from a robbery and rob this couple of their gold.
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posted on
02/25/2014 2:27:41 PM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(This is not just stupid, we're talking Democrat stupid here.)
To: Theoria
Congrats to the finders, but I am having trouble grasping why someone who made such a find would tell anyone, let alone leak it to the media. Bad move IMHO.
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posted on
02/25/2014 2:28:24 PM PST
by
American Infidel
(Instead of vilifying success, try to emulate it)
To: bkopto
At a price of $1350/troy oz, the happy couple found 20 troy oz. It was $27,000 face value. That would be equal to 2,700 eagle coins or 1306 troy ounces of gold. Just the gold would be $1.76 million before the numismatic value of the coins are considered.
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posted on
02/25/2014 2:30:03 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Republican amnesty supporters don't care whether their own homes are called mansions or haciendas.)
To: Theoria
This gold belongs to the Mexicans, Chinese, Indians,Obammy, Gays,Cross Dressers, Lesbians, Drug Addicts, Alcoholics, the poor... It must be redistributed to everyone...../s?
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posted on
02/25/2014 2:30:29 PM PST
by
Dallas59
(Obama: The first "White Black" President.)
To: KarlInOhio
That looks like the Palisades Cliffs in Santa Monica.
Noticed Buster Keaton around there last time I looked.
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posted on
02/25/2014 2:30:30 PM PST
by
RBStealth
(--raised by wolves, disciplined and educated by nuns.)
To: Theoria
If I ever found a hoard, nobody would ever hear of it. I would quietly sell it off, bit by bit.
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posted on
02/25/2014 2:33:41 PM PST
by
TexasRepublic
(Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
To: Theoria
To: Theoria
Wow, you could send your kid through Harvard with that kind of dough.
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posted on
02/25/2014 2:36:21 PM PST
by
Huskrrrr
To: TexasRepublic
bump
never tell the media squat
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posted on
02/25/2014 2:36:29 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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