Be careful buying shipwreck gold or other precious metals
CaptHenway
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Gold bars sunk in 1740's and brought up in 1970's seized from U.S. auction and given to France.
Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
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seven artifacts returned to france including 5 gold bars , a gold coin and a human skull.
My first thought went back to Tommy Thompson, and the SS central America. Tommy was the lead man who defrauded investors by keeping a large portion of the recovered Treasure.
Tommy is still sitting in Jail last I heard with a stipulation that if he tells where he hid the loot, they;ll let him out. its been 7 years...
It's all about what the people want...
Hunting these artifacts since the early 80’s ??? Who pays their wages ?
Seems ridiculous after over 200 years that it could still be claimed. Cheers, RickO
I was thinking the same thing.
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Uh oh... I have a 'shipwreck coin' but so far no claims have been made...
Can't imagine how many other people would be indicted if said coins were traceable?
No problem, they all were buried on Oak Island before the ships were wrecked.
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Does this mean my Admiral Gardner is “illegal 🤨”. And may need to be repatriated?😸. How about my $5 ?🙀
🎶 shout shout, let it all out 🎶
Why do people who find stashes of coins or sunken treasure insist on going to the press? I wouldn't tell anybody.
The battle scars of all the good times
If all of a sudden a bunch of raw 1850's double eagles show up at PCGS with obvious indications that they have been exposed to salt water for a long time someone is going to start asking questions.