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The Blaker Spoon Hoard — background to my recent posts
Bergom
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A few of you have asked about the background, so here's the short version.
This "silver treasure" was discovered in an attic in Norway about 22 years ago, after the owner passed away in Mondovi, Wisconsin, at the age of 99. During the inheritance process, I ended up with all the silver coins, along with some stamps and a few banknotes.
I've written up the full story, with more photos, over at blakerskeia.com.
A few of the individual pieces I've already posted here on the forum:
American/Norwegian heirloom
Mint and proof sets 1962–1965
1964 Kennedy — high grade
Happy to answer any questions here as well.
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What's ya going to do with this stuff first? Add on to your collection? Best wishes
It has to be sold in Norway or Sweden. I can't keep this collection. May be I will keep some as memory.
That's quite a haul and very interesting story about how it ended up there.
Is there anything rare though, or is this just the common sets and 60s proof sets?
Good question! Honestly, nothing super rare that I've found so far — it's mostly volume rather than rarity. There are a good number of proof and mint sets, several albums, and somewhere around 1,000+ coins in total, though the majority of those are circulated. A handful of individual pieces stand out for grade rather than date/mintmark — like the 1964 Kennedy I posted earlier — but no key dates or major varieties that I've come across yet.
Still working through it all, so I'll post here if anything more interesting turns up!
Quick correction to my last post — I underestimated the count. It's actually more like 4,000+ coins in total, not ~1,000. Still mostly circulated pieces and common sets as far as I can tell, but with that many I'm sure I haven't gone through everything yet.