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Massive Coin Hoard

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jackson64

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not mine, but I get to catalog it..

Yes it is true..I am lucky enough to be the first person to go through this stash/hoard in around 20 years. If I may, a little background first......

One of my fishing buddies K*** is independently wealthy, I've never asked what he did for a living or where it came from, but he is nearing 50 and has been "retired" for as long as I've known him. One of our long-time friends is B**, an older gentleman who used to teach sailing classes and navigation using astrological charts ( a lost art with GPS). He is around 70 and retired to the Florida coast 5 years ago. B** does sail up to Maryland every spring however and spends his summers docked at K***'s boathouse and visiting friends and family. Unfortunately about 3 weeks ago B**'s brother died and he has been handling all the affairs since he is also sole beneficiary...and here's the part I'm sure everyone would like me to get to...his brother had a stash !!

On a recent day catching some Rockfish ( striped bass to you non-Marylanders) and Mackerel, B** said "are you still doing the stuff with coins?" I told him yes, whenever I could..and he told me that when we got back to K***'s house that he had some coins he wanted me to look at that he had gotten from his brothers garage.

I agreed, however I must admit that I've heard this enough to already envision a tin can or two of worn mercs,wheaties, mixed foreign coins and maybe a 1921 Morgan at best.

When we went into K***'s basement (where much of the contents of B***'s late brothers house now resides)..there were 5 jumbo tool boxes with padlocks. I went to lift one to put it in the middle of the floor and nearly threw my back out !! After unlocking and opening just the first toolbox I think I stood there stunned, motionless and holding my breath for at least a minute...finally with an explosive gasp I just said WOW !! Thousands of coins of all sizes, denominations, mintpacks, flips, 2X2's, ..

So we sat down and decided to talk first about what to do with them....

 

This is running a bit long so I will update you on my progress in cataloging the hoard in a day or two and what B** decided to do with them...for now, to whet your appetite and show that I am not exaggerating...a picture..

The first pic is just the top tray in one of the tool boxes, the second pic shows the stacks of tool boxes filled with to bursting, and the final/bottom pic is my feeble first attempt at just sorting the first few hundred BU Silver Dollars...

PS: if anyone from NGC reads these, I hope you have bulk rates....

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