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The face value of the coins totaled $27,980, but was assessed to be worth $10 million. The hoard contains $27,460 in twenty-dollar coins, $500 in ten-dollar coins, and $20 in five-dollar coins, all dating from 1847 to 1894. The collection is the largest known discovery of buried gold coins that has ever been recovered in the United States. [1]
The RMS Republic was a British ship built in 1903, the Republic was carrying $3,250,000 worth of gold and double eagles for the US Navy's Great White Fleet. However, the ship collided with the SS Florida and sunk. In 1919 an attempt was made to recover the lost money, but it was ultimately unsuccessful. [16] [17] Romanian Treasure: Confirmed ...
A hoard of early medieval coins, ... Ancient treasure, dating back 1,000 years, found buried at nuclear plant site: 'Fascinating find' ... Flagg's big 2nd half helps No. 2 Duke hold off NC State ...
Writing for the Helena Independent Record, Angus White said the Redfield hoard was the "largest quantity of silver dollars individually owned and amassed in one place in history". [ 8 ] In January 1976 Los Angeles based film producer Steven Markoff (through A-Mark Financial) purchased the LaVere Redfield silver dollar hoard for US$7.3 million ...
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Jon Collins-Black hid five treasure chests across the US for a public hunt. The chests contain valuable items such as a Casascius bitcoin, an emerald, and rare Pokémon cards.
The hoard includes almost 4,600 items and metal fragments, [8] [1] totalling 5.094 kg (11.23 lb) of gold and 1.442 kg (3.18 lb) of silver, with 3,500 cloisonné garnets [6] [9] and is the largest treasure of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver objects discovered to date, eclipsing, at least in quantity, the 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) hoard found in the Sutton Hoo ship burial in 1939.
The buried treasure was found in Poland, officials said. ... Close-up photos show a $20 gold coin from 1903. The front has a profile view of what appears to be Lady Liberty and the year ...