Post: #29

It amazes me that one would be obligated by law to turn over treasure they find on their own property ...

Post: #30

I would have melted them rather than give them up. The government must have given the guy something.....C'mon!! That is just wrong, and I bet nobody does that again.

Post: #31

Exactly ... total incentive to keep/sell them discreetly one by one or on a black market ...

Post: #32

I keep everything. this is just one of many Gold and silver trinkets I have found, this crucifix weighs 7 grams.

Post: #33

Finders in the UK do get quite a substantial reward , I believe the last big one was over £1m for finding a hoard of coins.

Post: #34

i need this dino coin!





In a currency first, the Royal Canadian Mint will release a 25-cent piece next week featuring an image of a dinosaur whose skeleton is illuminated in the shroud of darkness.

The new coin is also a big moment for the pachyrhinosaurus lakustai, the first prehistoric animal ever to be featured on money.

On the flipside of the coin is Queen Elizabeth II who is also a dinosaur, but her image will not glow in the dark.

Post: #35

I love the idea of dinosaur coins ... I'm serious! Thanks for posting that, buttacup!

Post: #36

(04-15-2012 10:48 PM)Middle Finger Wrote:  I love the idea of dinosaur coins ... I'm serious! Thanks for posting that, buttacup!

those moose-molesting Canadians want $29.95 for that coin! with a face value of 25 cents.

Post: #37

The Moose-humpers make the purest (.9999) gold and silver coins though ... the Royal Canadian Mint is a world leader ...

Post: #38

check your change MF.




A centuries old coin, one of the first ever produced in the United States Mint, was sold for a whopping $1.15million at an Illinois auction on Thursday.

The famous 1792 silver-center cent was purchased by Kevin Lipton of Beverly Hills, California, on behalf of a group of unnamed investors.

On one side, the reddish-brown coin features Lady Liberty facing right with her hair flowing behind, and on the other, a wreath tied with a ribbon at the bottom encloses around the words 'ONE CENT.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...z1sfWQTFm5

Post: #39

That is at the core of my love for coin collecting! Historical colonials ... it doesn't get much better or much more important than that 1792 coin. Thanks for posting it!

Post: #40

i know you'll want one of these too MF. heh



An auction gallery in Georgia is selling what’s believed to be one of the rarest coins ever made in the United States — a $3 gold coin estimated to be worth up to $4 million.

The coin is believed to be a 1870-S $3 piece from the San Francisco Mint that was found embedded into a souvenir book in a bookstore in San Francisco, according to Steve White, owner of the Four Seasons Auction Gallery in Alpharetta, Ga.

“It’s one of two, maybe three, known to have ever been minted by the San Francisco Mint,” White told FoxNews.com. “It’s almost folklore to have this kind of rare coin to be around.”

White said the only other 1870-S $3 gold coin known to exist was sold at auction in 1982 for $687,500. The coin will be auctioned on June 2 and White invited all potential buyers to bring an independent expert to authenticate the piece.

“It’s a big piece of American history,” he said. “We expect the coin to bring in between $2 [million] and $4 million.”

Authorized by the Act of February 21, 1853, the coin was designed by James B. Longacre. The obverse depicts a representation of LIBERTY wearing a headdress of an Indian princess and the reverse a wreath of corn, cotton, and tobacco.

Post: #41

With only about 20 of these "thought" to still exist that price is cheap.

Especially for one in that condition.

Post: #42

Wow, what great condition. Found in a book, no less. Not colonial, LC, but I'd gladly take it!