Builders discover stash of 239 gold coins worth up to $356,000

CNN ^ | Sana Noor Haq

[Sawdring]

No mention of the ages of the buildings.

[BenLurkin]

Who blabbed?

[Sawdring]

$1,500.00 per coin? Was the gold content poor?

[Salamander]

“The mansion itself was constructed in the 13th century and would have been owned by a family of affluent merchants or farmers, with the identity of the last known occupants stemming from the 18th century.”

[PROCON]

17th century preppers?

[G Larry]

How do these countries convince the folks that they don't get to keep what they find? (Meaning the rightful owner of the property)

"Oh! That's a national treasure! It's not yours!"

[TBall]

If I were doing the demo/excavation this would not be a story and I would never be doing any more excavations.

[rktman]

Shut up and dig all night.

[Sawdring]

Thanks, I must have sped red past that paragraph.

[Eagles6]

Curious why the workers get half.

[MNJohnnie]

with the identity of the last known occupants stemming from the 18th century.”

I wonder if the owners were victims of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I wouldn’t tell a soul.

[Old Yeller]

That’s my money andI can identify it. There’s 238, no, make that 239 pieces and they’re all gold colored.

[blueunicorn6]

Ohhhhh…..

That’s where I left those.

[dinodino]

Are you stupid?

From the article: “ The mansion itself was constructed in the 13th century.”

[Chode]

shoulda kept their mouth shut, or at least said they found it on the beach...

[Rebelbase]

When my grandfather passed away 50 years ago my uncle found several jars of cash squirreled away in various places in the cellar.

[hanamizu]

How do these countries convince the folks that they don’t get to keep what they find? (Meaning the rightful owner of the property)
“Oh! That’s a national treasure! It’s not yours!”

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Don’t know about France, but in Britain, all hidden treasure belongs to the Crown. A corner makes the determination if it was hidden as opposed to just lost. The Crown will take whatever might interest local public museums, but they make a point of paying fair-market price for what they take. Anything not of interest, is returned to the land owner/finders to dispose of as they will.

[21twelve]

My wife’s grandparents passed away. Her mom sold the family farm as is to a big developer. I was out of town on a long project or I would have flown across the country to scour the property.

Her grandfather would hide money in all sorts of weird places. Fixing a light switch and there would be 10 $100 bills folded up in the gap! Etc. And who knows what might have been stashed in the old garage and barn. Both in stashed cash and just cool old antiques.

I wonder if the developer would have searched around? Maybe look for a big find in the barn, but I’m guessing they just demolished everything with an excavator and loaded up the trucks with it all.

[enumerated]

“$1,500.00 per coin? Was the gold content poor?”

The average weight of these coins must be far less than an ounce, otherwise the melt value would be at least $430k.

These are small coins that are being valued based on their rarity, not just their gold content.