Nearly $300,000 in coins uncovered during kitchen renovation

[pesco]

Originally published at: Nearly $300,000 in coins uncovered during kitchen renovation | Boing Boing

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[mr_raccoon]

I hope they know that they messed up by buying John Wick’s UK vacation home without him being cool with it.

[someguy]

@pesco

“The coins almost certainly belonged to the Fernley-Maisters, Joseph and Sarah who married in 1694,”

Their family line dwindled soon after the couple died,

gold coins that dated from 1610 to 1828.

Vampires?

[Otherbrother]

@pesco

coins that dated from 1610 to 1828. According to auction house Spink & Son, the cache of 260 coins could fetch as much as $290,000. From CNN:

“The coins almost certainly belonged to the Fernley-Maisters, Joseph and Sarah who married in 1694,” reads the press release[…]

Something doesn’t add up. How could the coins from 1828 belong to a couple that got married 134 years earlier? And it said the floorboards were 18th century.

Edit: @someguy

[knoxblox]

From the article:

The cup, described as being no larger than a soft-drink can, contained more than 260 gold coins dating from 1610 to 1727.

[euansmith]

This sounds like the set-up for an MR James story.

[Shuck]

@someguy

Vampires?

@Otherbrother

How could the coins from 1828 belong to a couple that got married 134 years earlier? And it said the floorboards were 18th century.

Time travelers, obviously.

[TheMetalPedant]

And $300,000 will be almost enough to cover a kitchen reno at today’s prices.

[RadioSilence]

Or this winter’s gas/electricity bills