NorCal Couple Finds $10M In Gold Coins;

[rightwinger]

They should not have said a WORD.

How do you hide the fact that you have $10 million in GOLD?

 

[Jarlaxle]

Very carefully.

 

[rightwinger]

Very carefully.

Prisons are full of people who were very careful in laundering money

 

[Jarlaxle]

Admit to a quarter of it or so, stash the rest. It's only a crime if you get caught.

 

[rightwinger]

First of 1,400 discovered coins auctioned for $15K

One of them — an 1874 $20 double eagle that is usually worth $4,250 — sold for $15,000, the Associated Press reported.

The coins, in denominations of $5, 10 and $20, are worth almost $28,000 in face value. But they are so rare and in such good condition, several individual pieces are expected to sell for as much as $1 million each. The entire collection is expected to fetch at least $10 million.

 

[rightwinger]

About 60 of the coins will be part of an exhibit at the Old Mint Building in downtown San Francisco. The proceeds from the auction of the 1874 $20 Double Eagle will go toward upkeep of the historic building.

The rest of the collection will go on sale on Amazon.com, where buyers can bid on individual pieces.

 

[rightwinger]

Rare gold coins on sale for $3 M, plus free shipping

 

[longknife]

How much of this are the finders getting?

 

[Abishai100]

Toy King

Maybe it's our modern culture of consumerism memento-hunting that makes fortune-ornament board games such as Monopoly (Parker Brothers) a great new iPhone video game app.

The purported 2nd Gold Rush only strengthens the claim that American soil is fertile for a gold stopwatch.

After the wave of Irish immigration, American society has embraced the fortune-seeking mythology imp avatar the Leprechaun (a sprite who hides gold at the end of rainbows and grants wishes if you can catch him). In fact, NBC's contract with the cherished Notre Dame Fightin' Irish college football has made its Leprechaun mascot a national toy.

The US government technically is required to offer privatization rights to finders of unclaimed treasures such as rare coins, but it can also seek 'archaeology' related federal coffer privileges.

This news is ripe for modern society chatter, so go ahead and buy your kids Lucky Charms breakfast cereal which coincidentally features as its mascot avatar a colorful Leprechaun.





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