Nazi-Era Gold Coins Worth 45,000 Euros Found By Novice

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aardspeed Pillar of the Community 921 Posts	Posted 07/15/2015 3:58 pm "A novice archeologist stumbled upon a hidden treasure last October when he discovered 217 Nazi-era gold coins, according to a new report. The coins were estimated to be worth around 45,000 euros, or more than $49,000" http://www.ibtimes.com/nazi-era-gol...gist-2009437 another post : "The hoard is believed to have been buried during the Second World War and are of French, Belgian, Italian and Austro-Hungarian origin, dating from 1831 to 1910" http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/germany-am...5000-1511045 Edited by aardspeed 07/15/2015 4:02 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Atlas642 Pillar of the Community United States 562 Posts	Posted 07/15/2015 4:46 pm Haha...I was confused at first as to why the images where of gold coins that were most certainly not Nazi-era French, Belgian, Italian and Austro-Hungarian gold coins. Seems the news organization didn't receive pictures yet of the finds and decided to go with any old image of a hoard of gold coins. Report this Post to the Staff
SilverStackerKid Pillar of the Community United States 6478 Posts	Posted 07/15/2015 4:56 pm I wish I was that lucky. Report this Post to the Staff
T-BOP Rest in Peace United States 18456 Posts	Posted 07/15/2015 7:40 pm as I know nothing about foreign gold coins , I see some of the 50 pesos dated 1821-----1947. what's up with that ? Report this Post to the Staff
jdmern Pillar of the Community United States 1949 Posts	Posted 07/15/2015 9:14 pm I think the article said that not of these photos were actually of the hoard, just stock photos they used Boardwalk Numismatics http://stores.ebay.com/jdmern/ https://boardwalknumismatics.com Report this Post to the Staff
nalaberong Pillar of the Community Canada 2805 Posts	Posted 07/15/2015 9:48 pm 1821 was the year when Mexico gained independence. Imagine if every American coin was dated "1776 - 2015". Report this Post to the Staff
willieboyd2 Pillar of the Community United States 525 Posts	Posted 07/16/2015 10:33 am This German gold coin find has been highly publicized, but most of the online articles use stock pictures, either ones of Adolf Hitler, marching Nazis, Krugerrands, or ancient coins. The German news photograph of the coins shows mostly Belgian Leopold II 20 Franc gold coins, which match the description of the find in size and weight. Photograph in this article: http://www.thelocal.de/20150715/ama...i-gold-hoard Another article in German with pictures, French and Belgian coins: http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/a...rg-1.2565542 From the German article: The find it is 128 Belgian, 74 French, twelve Italian and three Austro-Hungarian coins. They all have a diameter of 21 millimeters and weigh 6.45 grams. The gold content of the 900 alloy is 5.81 grams. Most of the coins were minted 1850-1910. https://www.brianrxm.com The Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin Coins in Movies Coins on Television Edited by willieboyd2 07/16/2015 10:54 am Report this Post to the Staff
Atlas642 Pillar of the Community United States 562 Posts	Posted 07/16/2015 11:11 am @willieboyd2 Thank you very much for the updated images. Certainly looks like the hoard described. Obviously, it's tough in the journalistic world wanting to break the news first but not having the images ready on time or even available at all. Report this Post to the Staff
MeadowviewCollector Pillar of the Community United States 4409 Posts	Posted 07/17/2015 5:31 pm Here's the Coin World article covering this find http://www.coinworld.com/news/metal...hoard--.html Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187950 Posts	Posted 07/17/2015 5:53 pm Quote: Here's the Coin World article covering this find Thank you for posting it in this thread. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
thq Pillar of the Community United States 3343 Posts	Posted 07/17/2015 7:56 pm 20F Napoleons. I prefer French over Belgian and Swiss. Standard untraceable traveling money the world over. The first picture looks like arabic hammered gold. "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire Edited by thq 07/17/2015 7:59 pm Report this Post to the Staff
tenacious Valued Member United States 69 Posts	Posted 07/17/2015 10:14 pm Quote: The first picture looks like arabic hammered gold. That's what I thought too. So much for journalistic integrity. But the second picture looks right, and beautiful. Report this Post to the Staff
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