Chapter 150: Morgan Gold Coins
"Why is it so heavy!"
I almost didn't catch it all of a sudden, and I almost hit my own foot!
The employer handed over a rusty tin can as a bodyguard, and it wasn't a bomb, and of course Thomas Jackson subconsciously continued. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
But Jackson didn't even think about the weight of the thing: it was about the size of a canned fruit, and even if it hadn't been missed, it would have been a pound or two at most.
But this thing weighs at least seven or eight pounds!
It's like a solid shot put.
Jackson's words immediately caught everyone's attention, "Boss, there's something here!"
Jackson shook the can a little, "It's not mercury, it's solid." ”
As a bodyguard, reflect on the possible risk factor: if there is mercury inside, it will threaten the safety of the employer.
Zhang Nan smiled and said, "I know what is inside from the echo of the detector, there is no danger." He said to Nicole, "Dear Miss Nicole, can you please uncover this mystery and open the wonderful treasure for us?"
Nicole glanced at Zhang Nan, "Dear Mr. Allen." ”
One by one!
Jackson handed the can to Nicole, "This thing is heavy, Miss Nicole." ”
In fact, the bodyguards basically have a rough guess in their hearts: it is very heavy and solid, and there are generally several possibilities for things to escape.
Taking the knife from Raven, Nicole carefully removed the rust around the lid of the jar. The bodyguards also watched intently, and did not make a sound.
In fact, they can open this box with a single twist, but watching the process of opening the can by a beautiful woman, everyone didn't feel that they couldn't wait.
After a while, Nicole finally got the lid on, and when she unscrewed it, she exclaimed, "Oh my God!"
Under the summer seaside sun, the stacks of gold coins inside the can sparkle charmingly!
Nicole hugged Zhang Nan and said excitedly: "Allen, you are such an amazing guy!
As he spoke, he kissed Zhang Nan twice on the face!
Although they haven't taken it out yet, Nicole and her bodyguards can see the top ones and recognize them as the famous "Morgan Gold Coins"!
"Well, guys, today is probably my lucky day. Do you have a camera? It's best to be able to record this, although I don't plan on selling these cute little things right away. ”
If something is dug up on private land in the United States, then it belongs to the landowner, but as an "antique", it is better to have a clear origin, and it can be fetched at a high price when it is auctioned.
And if it can be determined that it is something from a treasure, the price will be even a little higher than other heirlooms, because it will be named "such and such a treasure".
Moreover, the collecting culture in the United States is very different from that of China, because of the different cultural backgrounds and the short and pitiful history, many things that can be sold at a high price in the American collecting circle are worthless in the eyes of their Chinese counterparts!
For example, a pair of torn jeans with a trademark in the 19th century found in an old warehouse or old mine tunnel in the western United States is basically worthless in the eyes of Chinese collectors, and it can even be sold for tens of thousands of dollars in the United States!
Similarly, American collectors sometimes find it difficult to understand the hobbies of Chinese collectors: what are you doing with two big walnuts that cost hundreds of thousands of yuan?
The bodyguard really has a camera in his car, which is probably also needed for work.
Anthony Davis, who has been a police officer for almost half his life, is a guest photographer and knows what to take as a backup in this situation.
How could Zhang Nan think of exploring treasures in the newly bought small manor?
In 2014, Zhang Nan saw such a report on the Internet: An unnamed couple on Long Island, New York, USA, inadvertently dug up 1,427 19th-century ancient gold coins hidden deep in the ground for many years, worth as much as 10 million US dollars, which is very likely to be the most valuable batch of ancient gold coins unearthed in American history.
According to the report, the middle-aged couple living on Long Island took their pet dog for a walk in the yard in February 2013 and accidentally noticed that there seemed to be something under the shadow of an old tree, so they dug up eight well-preserved cans of gold coins in denominations of $5, $10 and $20 between 1847 and 1894!
Although the total value of these gold coins is only $27,000, due to their rarity, the market price of some coins is almost a million dollars!
At that time, although the Internet did not disclose who the couple was and where they were, there were several photos attached to it: one of them showed a very characteristic roof, and the other was several iron cans lined up on a long stone bench by a shallow pit that had been dug.
Probably what "unwillingness to be named" is just a gimmick of the report, and the secrecy work is actually not done well.
Maybe the couple didn't need to keep it secret at all - this was Zhang Nan's conjecture when he saw the report at the time.
Now he understands why: a person who can own such a mansion really doesn't need to deliberately keep it a secret when digging up such a thing.
It's worth the price of this house in 2013.
As for how the couple found out? Who buried the gold coins?
The dog dug it out? Renovate the garden and remove about 20 centimeters of soil from it?
Moonshiner buried decades ago?
Or someone's ill-gotten gains from earlier......
These questions actually mean nothing to Zhang Nan, he just likes the charming gold and those round coins.
When Zhang Nan looked at the house today, he felt that the main building of this small manor was familiar, and he always felt weird. After studying it for a while, I was able to combine the characteristic eaves and stone benches with the gold coins on some of the photographs in my memory.
It's a coincidence that this incident wasn't recorded in his codebook.
Don't hesitate to buy a house, you like it here anyway, and you may earn back the purchase price today, why not?
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After the photo was taken, the bodyguards were impressed by the new employer: a whole eight cans of gold coins, absolutely millions!
"Is it so easy for rich people to get money?"
This is not scientific!
With a photo as the base, Zhang Nan poured the gold coins on an old curtain in the living room of the house and counted them.
There are 1,427 coins in total, most of which are $20 "Morgan Gold Coins", just like I remember.
All the coins were in good condition, as if they were new, except for some rust and leaking mud stains on the surface, but they were shiny when they were polished.
Categorized by year and value, the vast majority of them were gold coins with a denomination of $20, with 1894 being the most numerous with more than 200 pieces.
Zhang Nan did not wash or deliberately wipe these gold coins, folded and separated the packaging of these gold coins with a long roll of toilet paper, and said to Nicole: "I will contact me tomorrow and hand it over to a professional grading agency, and the full grade will be sealed and stored in a transparent box." ”
It didn't take long for the work to be done, and dozens of kilograms of gold coins were put into small boxes found in two houses, and the bodyguards planned to put the things in bulletproof cars.
It's almost 5 o'clock, and the janitor is coming back.
Zhang Nan took out four $20 1894 gold coins from his pocket and gave one to each of the four bodyguards.
"I had good luck today, one person played with it. ”
Jackson and others did not refuse, and it could have been considered a bonus from the employer: such a well-preserved 1894 gold coin with a face value of $20 would be estimated to be worth between $3,000 and $5,000.
When she got to the car and waited for the car to start, Nicole looked at the two boxes under her feet and said, "No, why don't you have my share?"
When Zhang Nan heard this, he didn't know if he thought of the two kisses in the afternoon - he looked at Nicole's confused image of thinking about how the gold coin didn't have her share, reached out and hugged the beauty, and kissed it...... (To be continued.) )