And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sunday, June 30, 2024
Hoard of gold coins discovered by a UK couple under their kitchen floorboards during renovations. The oldest coin dates to 1610, the newest 1727.
What i read was the coins were auctioned and brought close to 300K. The oldest coin was 292 years old. Any coin older than 300 years is confiscated by the state.
By my math, there are 2024 - 1610 = 414 years old. British law dictates that the coins become the property of the government. The government estimates the market price and then offers the coins for sale to the museums and the market price of the artifacts is split between the finder and the landowner. If no museum is interested the artifacts are returned to the finder. Al_in_Ottawa
Rather than let the government confiscate them, I think I would have kept them a secret, hidden them away, and sell them off in ones and twos to different collectors and coin stores, in different areas of the country. No need to bring down undue attention to yourself.
and how long before the state confiscates them?
ReplyDeleteAnd 3, 2, 1 ...gone. They now belong to king chucky the turd.
ReplyDeleteWhat i read was the coins were auctioned and brought close to 300K.
ReplyDeleteThe oldest coin was 292 years old. Any coin older than 300 years is confiscated by the state.
Time to change that law if those coins got away!
DeleteI'd melt them down before they confiscated them.
DeleteBy my math, there are 2024 - 1610 = 414 years old. British law dictates that the coins become the property of the government. The government estimates the market price and then offers the coins for sale to the museums and the market price of the artifacts is split between the finder and the landowner. If no museum is interested the artifacts are returned to the finder.
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Finnish law dictates that anything that is 100 year or older is property of the government and finder or landowner get zero cent
DeleteAnd here in the US, they tear down homes that are 50 years old.
ReplyDeleteI think someone back then deserved them. Oh well. I hope the 300k auction story is real. Still, here comes the gubmint to wet its beak.
ReplyDeleteMight have been time to do a little 'renovating'.
ReplyDeleteRather than let the government confiscate them, I think I would have kept them a secret, hidden them away, and sell them off in ones and twos to different collectors and coin stores, in different areas of the country. No need to bring down undue attention to yourself.
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