[Resolute Conservative]

People in their quest for the 15 minutes are morons. I would have sat on these and sold one at a time anonymously or gone as far to melt them down to gold.

[C19fan]

Why didn’t they keep their mouths shut? They could had individual coins appraised and certified then sold at numismatics conventions and the like for cash.

[henkster]

I would have sat on these and sold one at a time anonymously or gone as far to melt them down to gold.

I would not have melted them down, but I would have sold them off slowly, and also made them part of an inheritance by giving them away one or two at a time over the years. I would not have melted them down. I wonder if the sale of a rare coin of a certain amount generates some sort of required 1099 filing.

[Former Proud Canadian]

Yup, very lucky and very dumb. Why tell anybody?

[SW6906]

"I would have sat on these and sold one at a time anonymously or gone as far to melt them down to gold."

EXACTLY!

[mmichaels1970]

or gone as far to melt them down to gold.

I think you'd be taking a several one ounce ultra rare coins worth $1 million each and melting them down to 3 or 4 ounces worth about $1300 per ounce.

[11th Commandment]

People in their quest for the 15 minutes are morons. I would have sat on these and sold one at a time anonymously or gone as far to melt them down to gold.

What do you expect from Californikans?

[Smedley]

Melting the coins diminishes the value no les than 100 times. Better to keep the coins and sell them abroad one at a time