A
US couple out walking their dog in their garden stumbled across a modern-day
bonanza: $10m (€7.27m) in rare, mint-condition gold coins buried in the shadow
of an old tree.
Nearly
all of the 1,427 coins, dating from 1847 to 1894, are in uncirculated, mint
condition.
Veteran
numismatist Don Kagan is representing the couple, who are not being named. He
said today they plan to sell most of the coins.
Before
they do, however, they are loaning some to the American Numismatic Association
for its National Money Show, which opens on Thursday in Atlanta.
Kagan
said some of the rarest coins could fetch as much as $1m (€727,698) apiece.
He
added the couple, from northern California, want to remain anonymous to avoid
having to change their lifestyle.
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