hoard of gold coins from nevada

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The collection consists of 211 American, Chinese, Annamese and Japanese coins and four American trade tokens. Most of the coins were found in three different structures, with all the gold being found in one house. The house had a cellar, common in homes of that era. When the archaeologist searched the cellar, he discovered a jar hidden under the floor. The jar contained 112 U.S. gold pieces that were likely the savings of someone who had passed away, never revealing his secret.


The gold coins ranged in age from 1874 to 1910. This indicates the owner must have died after 1910. There were 21 five-dollar gold pieces, 11 10-dollar gold pieces and 80 20-dollar gold pieces. The face value of the gold coins was $1,865. In today's market, the collection could be worth in excess of $200,000.

Most of the gold coins were minted in San Francisco. A few were minted in Philadelphia and there was one 1892 5-dollar gold piece that was minted in Carson City. The largest number of coins show dates between 1897 and 1910. Nearly 90 Chinese and other coins found in the other two structures on the site indicated they may have been businesses catering to the Asians such as gaming establishments. There were many Chinese "cash" coins with square holes that were often used as gaming tokens. Many of the Chinese cash coins are old and can be dated from 1662 to 1908.

There were about 50 U.S. pennies, nickels, dimes and one 1889-O silver dollar found on site. There was one trade token from San Francisco, one from the Owl Bar in Lovelock, one from the Crystal Saloon in Sparks and one from the Commercial Hotel in Elko. You can make arrangements to see this amazing collection by contacting the Nevada State Museum.

Interesting---thanks.

HOLY COW!!!

Fascinating!

Thanks, diggers, for the link to the story!

Steve

Now...... if that was my house...... there would be some serious remodeling going on with those walls and floor lol.

The thought this brings to mind, is how much is going to landfills today. old abandoned homes are demolished and hauled to the landfill. No telling how many under-floor and between the wall caches are being missed.

I've been through Lovelock many a time, that's pretty neat, although to be honest, I'd much rather a private citizen had found it then it collecting dust in a box in the basement of a museum.

Cal_cobra Wrote:
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Yeah I wish that private citizen was me

u2robert Wrote:
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You and me both buddy

Amazing story.

Now if that was me, you’d never know it. ; )

Thanks for sharing!

and a reminder that 1000s more like this are still waiting to be found under the floor in america and europe in abandoned houses ..guys go hunting for forest fenns stash but its easier to find one under the floor i guess.. from the days before easy access banks and no transport to get to a bank except a horse ..

Exactly.

All kind of stories about where one might bury money. Jars in the back yard...... trees with nails in a branch with a plumb being used...... corner fence posts.

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> Amazing story.
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> Now if that was me, you’d never know it. ; )
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> Thanks for sharing!


Roger That

Imagine more than one stash unfound as people didn't trust banks in days gone by....