My grandmother did this to hide the change she earned selling egg - we have no idea what happened to them, a couple of them were left when she died.
We believe my mother did the same thing - we sold her house last year after she died and have a feeling there were a number of mason jars buried in the yard with cash and coins.
—”number of mason jars buried in the yard with cash and coins.”
Back around 1960 my mother’s brother told her to save the silver coins ( before they changed them).
My parents did exactly that and had jars and jars of them.
The top of the refrigerator was covered and more on lower shelves...
Unfortunately, her brother passed and never fully explained what to do with the silver coins?
Our father was long passed when our mother died in 1998.
Our sister the executor of the estate could not find any coins. Everything else of value was in place?
A gaggle of young grandchildren lived nearby and visited often.
We think she gave them a handful of coins each time they visited???
OH WELL!