A GROUP of siblings discovered a stash of valuable coins in their father's safety deposit box that was in the family for over 100 years.
The siblings, who wished to remain anonymous, found 24 gold coins in the small leather pouch after their father passed away.
Included in the collection was a gold 1859 Coronet head eagle $10 coin. It turned out to be the finest known example of the coin.
The Pennsylvania Dutch family goes back to the early 1700s, and traditionally kept things of value to be passed down to the next generation.
"The house our father grew up in was in his family for over 100 years and it grew in size with each generation," the family wrote in a statement shared by Coin World.
“So there was plenty of room to keep things. When our grandfather, who was a Lutheran minister and scholar in ancient languages, passed away, the house was sold and our father brought what we had room for to our house."
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All of the siblings are in their 70s and don't have any children they could give the coins to, so they decided to sell the lot to collector Les Stevenson of Les Stevenson Rare Coins.
The Numismatic Guaranty Corp. graded the $10 coin a 64 out of 70. This is the highest graded example from fewer than 12 Mint State examples known.
Another $10 eagle coin that had a score of MS-63 sold for $66,000 in February 2018 by Heritage Auctions.
The striking gold coin features Lady Liberty's profile encircled by stars on one side, and an eagle on the other.
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Later versions of this design featured a banner above the eagle with the phrase "In God We Trust."
The pouch also had 16 gold dollars, mostly from the 1850s, a single gold $20 double eagle coin, one gold $5 half eagle, and more.
BURIED TREASURE
William Bartlet discovered some 300-year-old gold doubloons while scuba diving off the coast of Vero Beach, Florida.
The haul was worth a whopping $4.5 million and included nine rare artifacts called escudos.
Treasure Hunter Brent Bisben said before Bartlet's discovery there were only 20 escudos known to exist.
Bartlet was part of a three-person crew on one of Brisben's boats when he found the loot.
“The gold looks like it fell into the water yesterday,” Bartlett said in an interview.
Brisben's company, 1715 Fleet Queens Jewels, owns the rights to the wreckage, meaning he received a portion of the value of the coins.
The state of Florida was also given 20% of the value.
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