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Builders discover stash of 239 gold coins worth up to $356,000
CNN ^ | Sana Noor Haq

Posted on 09/07/2021 2:00:54 PM PDT by Sawdring

Builders discovered a stash of 239 gold coins at a manor in northwestern France which could earn up to 300,000 euros ($356,490) at auction later this month.

The three craftsmen found the treasure while working on the restoration of a house in Plozévet, Brittany, in the coastal area of Bigouden in 2019, according to a press release from auctioneers Deloys ahead of the sale. The property had been purchased by a couple in 2012.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: mildasthmatics; numismatics
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To: hanamizu

That only encourages people to never tell a soul when they find something cool.


21 posted on 09/07/2021 3:27:13 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: dinodino

Yes, super stupid.


22 posted on 09/07/2021 3:34:18 PM PDT by Sawdring
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To: BenLurkin

The guy they found in the pool.


23 posted on 09/07/2021 3:38:36 PM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: DesertRhino

That only encourages people to never tell a soul when they find something cool.


If the government pays full value, how does that encourage people to keep finds secret? If you find something historically important, you get paid, you get credit and the site and its finds remain in historical context instead of being lost to looting.


24 posted on 09/07/2021 3:40:51 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Old Yeller

But, are they francs or livres?


25 posted on 09/07/2021 4:08:44 PM PDT by .44 Special (Taimid Buacharch)
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To: Sawdring

I was wondering where I put those....


26 posted on 09/07/2021 4:12:06 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: rktman

Take a dozen home everyday in your lunch box.
Hey gold melts at 1948*
Recast and sell as scrap.


27 posted on 09/07/2021 4:34:01 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: hanamizu

Because they never pay full value. They pay what THEY say if full value. Besides, it isn’t theirs.

Full value is what the market will bear, not what a government archeologist is willing to value it at.
Furthermore, they CLAIM it as theirs.
I might want to enjoy the thing I found and show my friends, pass it to my kids, etc.


28 posted on 09/07/2021 4:42:45 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: Sawdring

It was kind of stuck in at the end like an afterthought.


29 posted on 09/07/2021 5:58:05 PM PDT by Salamander ("Salamander has barbaric tendencies" /Gundog)
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To: DesertRhino

I’m not in England and am not English. But everything I’ve heard about the Treasure Trove system makes it sound successful. I’m sure there are some who try and duck the system, but I believe they are a district minority.

From a practical point of view, trying to sell undeclared treasure might actually bring a lower price. A huge major find, say a lost crown might create all kinds of problems for the finder.

In any case, according to English law, all hidden treasure—treasure trove—like swans and beached whales in fact by law belong to the crown. Might be a dumb law, but it is a very old law.

But let’s say you find a hoard of gold and silver Roman Coins. Only the rarest and most interesting will end up in museums and you will be paid for them. You will get to keep the rest, to sell, show your friends, pass on to your kids, etc.

Their system seems to be fair. At least fairer than here where the government sometimes sweeps in and seizes any found treasure, claims it as its own and offers little or nothing in compensation to the finder. If I were to find treasure here in the U.S. I’d follow your advice and tell no one, lest the government claims it was a stolen payroll from the Civil War.


30 posted on 09/07/2021 6:47:50 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Rebelbase

It probably irked him knowing might not have found it all. My dad is squirreling away $20 bills my mom gives him for lunch and he has Alzheimer’s disease.


31 posted on 09/08/2021 9:11:52 AM PDT by Sawdring
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