Posted on 07/13/2023 9:24:55 AM PDT by Paul46360
"The coins, discovered in the ground and remarkably well preserved, possess an astonishing luster and a newfound freshness rarely observed in coins of this kind," said Andy Salzberg, executive vice president of the Certified Collectibles Group.
(Excerpt) Read more at fox32chicago.com ...
Yeah, probably move to Beverly hills now. Or not! Good on ya buddy. Enjoy!
I’m surprised old coins aren’t found more.
“”included a group of 1983 Double Eagles””
How can that be? If there are 1983 coins (Double Eagles) mixed in with all the older ones, someone would have to have known about all the others, wouldn’t they? Weird!!
... unless you are already an owner of one in which case your investment just got inflated.
Would you trumpet your find for the world to hear and have the Fed's step in and claim it was their property?
Not sure where you got the quote from. Either I am missing it or someone corrected it after your quoted them.
In either case, it was a group of 1863 Double Eagles - not 1983, which makes a lot of sense because there haven’t been any Double Eagles since 1933.
Counterfeit ?
Butch Cassidy’s lost loot
Great story.
Thanks.
bkmk
They aren’t being found. I don’t mean thousands of dollars
You didn’t see it in the article at the link? It’s still there. It hasn’t been corrected and that would be hard to do posting from an original article.
“”A total of 700 gold coins were buried on the farm and the hoard included a group of 1983 Double Eagles””
Nope - I missed it. At least I acknowledged that was a possibility.
Later in the article is has the correct date.
Jackpot...silver and gold coins FDR didn’t get his hands on.
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