Couple redesigning their kitchen I found an earthenware pot containing a wonderful treasure: 264 gold coins That will be up for auction and could cost about $290,000, according to local media details.
The couple had been making arrangements at their property in Ellerby, North Yorkshire, UK, when they found An unusual treasure that will be auctioned on October 7, According to Pete Spink & Son.
The history of the treasure dates back to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, It is one of the largest reserves of this type of currency ever discovered in the placep., details statement.
juice treasure
the couple He found the coins in July 2019, while working in his kitchen.
The cup that contained them Found under the concrete and floor slabs of the buildingwhich is about 300 years old.
In terms of value in today’s money, The value of the treasure is estimated at about 115 thousand and 100 dollars.
However, auctioneers expect to sell coins minted between 1610 and 1727 for at least $290,000.
mysterious origins
In the document, they explained it The cup filled with coins belongs to Joseph and Sarah Fernley Maesterswho married in 1694 and was probably the most influential merchant family in their city from the late sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries.
The auction house notes that “Masters were trading as importers and exporters of iron ore, timber and coal from the Baltic Sea. Several generations were members of Parliament in the early eighteenth century.”
They also confirmed that all the coins discovered were English There was also a coin from Brazil Experts believe it was circulated throughout England in the 1720s.
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