The coins had been buried for generations and now could sell for at auction for as much as $280,000.
A U.K. Couple Found a Literal Hoard of Rare Gold Coins Buried Under Their Kitchen Floor During Home Renovations,A British couple discovered this hoard of golden coins buried under their kitchen floor. Photo courtesy of Spink and Sons, London.
Instead, it was the secret hoard, tightly packed inside a salt-glazed earthenware cup, about the size of a soda can, buried beneath the home,“It was an entirely serendipitous discovery,” Gregory Edmund, of London auctioneers Spink and Son, said in a. “As a coin specialist with many years of experience, I cannot recall a similar discovery in living memory.”
Today, the rarest is a 1720 George I guinea that—due to a minting error—does not feature the king’s head, with two “tails” sides instead. It could bring in as much as £4,000 . A 1675 Charles II guinea, meanwhile, which misspells his Latin name as “CRAOLVS” instead of “CAROLVS,” carries a presale estimate of £1,500 .
“Joseph and Sarah clearly distrusted the newly-formed Bank of England, the ‘banknote’ and even the gold coinage of their day because they [chose] to hold onto so many coins dating to the English Civil War and beforehand,” Edmund This rare Charles II guinea with spelling mistake is expected to fetch £1,500 at auction. It is one of the coins discovered beneath a kitchen floor in the U.K. Photo courtesy of Spink and Sons, London.
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