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A shoebox coin sold for £21,000
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A secret treasure trove of over 1,000 historic coins, mostly hidden in shoeboxes, sold at auction for nearly £21,000. The incredible collection was discovered by a widow from Luton, Bedfordshire, England, while going through her late husband's belongings. The coins were locked in a desk or cupboard.
The family was unaware of the extensive collection. The treasure was hidden in various parts of the house and included, for example, a 1696 coin from the reign of William II and a 1902 gold coin from the reign of Edward II. The widow who discovered the treasure wished to remain anonymous. The media did not publish her name.
She decided to sell the collection at auction. Experts estimated the sale price at around £17,500, but the sale through Hanson Ross auction house eventually fetched £21,000. The widow said she knew her husband liked to collect coins. However, she had no idea that he had hidden such an extensive collection in the house.
"I was delighted with the result of the auction. My daughter and I managed to find the coins a few months ago. But I was still finding more stashes a few weeks after that," the widow said.
Almost every time parts of the house were gradually cleared out, the Luton family found more and more hidden coins. "They were locked in cupboards or drawers. My husband had wrapped them up and put them in shoe boxes. I had no idea he had so many coins. I think he even forgot some of them. Most of them were hidden in an old closet. He had been collecting coins for over forty years, he enjoyed it," the woman added.
The family kept calling the widow to say that while they were cleaning out the house, they were finding more coins. "My husband probably deliberately didn't want to reveal how big his collection was. In any case, he left us a valuable gift. Old coins were his passion," the woman added.
The collection, which the man had been steadily expanding since the 1970s, contained over a thousand old gold and silver coins. The aforementioned coin from the reign of William II is worth around £100, a 1902 gold coin fetched £730 and fifty Austrian trade coins from the reign of Maria Theresa fetched £950. A collection of pre-1947 silver coins comprising half-crowns, florins, shillings, sixpences and threepences fetched £340.
Sources: www.walesonline.co.uk, www.lutontoday.co.uk
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