Well, here is my 'theory' or W.A.G. as one might call it. 1. No one living today knows exactly who owned this 'Hoard' or where this amount of coins came from. I believe, in nother source, RWB mentioned Europe. 2. Now, no one living today can tell us the 'exact' distribution of the Merkers Mine Hoard of NAZI loot. The are records 'missing', lost, destroyed, etc. with a closing statement that after some was returned to Allied coutries the 'remainder' was dispersed to 'Displaced Persons'. Sure it was bcause someone entered that statement into the record.