(07-19-2023, 06:17 AM)Ninurta Wrote: I'm with you - why in the hell would anyone report that to the treasury or the mint? Personally, I'd dig it up and re-bury it elsewhere, somewhere I could keep an eye on... probably several different somewheres, smaller stashes. Then I'd sell it out a few coins at a time, different places - coin shops, pawn shops, etc, but never enough to get on the radar. Just a few grand a year. I'm a simple man with simple tastes, so I don't need a crap ton of flashy stuff to be bought with it, anyhow. Even if I had to sell it at melt value, that'd be enough to keep me happy.
My first wife's great grand dad buried what was then about 30k worth of gold coins up a holler here. Then he died, and never told where it was buried. A lot of folks have tried to find it over the years, but so far, no one has...
... that we know of, that is.
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Wut?! I'll be right over.
Err, never mind, I don't have a land mine detector.
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