Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Found Gold Coin Hoard is really Stolen Mint Coins?

So a couple, after finding $10 million worth of gold coins, will probably now have to give up their find.


Why?

In 1900, $30,000 of gold coins were stolen from the San Francisco Mint.

The cans of gold coins held $27,000 worth of face value gold.

Now one of the coins, of the so-called "Saddle Ridge Hoard" was an 1866 Gold $20 coin, WITHOUT the motto "In God We Trust" on it.

That coin, was probably created at the San Francisco Mint as a rarity for a mint worker. An inside job. The S, on the coin stands for San Francisco.

Looks like the motto for this story is, "No God, No Gold!"

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