Rare coins found buried in a wall
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WINDBER, Pa. --
A coin collectors dream was found buried within the walls of a Windber home: rare coins worth at least $100,000.
The coins spanned five feet of wall space and date back to the 1700s, said Jeff Bidelman, who helped make the discovery.
Bidelman said the family who lives at the home told him about a rumor that coins might be hidden in the walls. He said he went with the family to the house, noticed a hole and began knocking to find a hollow spot. Once he found the spot, he kicked in the wall and cut the coins loose.
“They poured out. The force of them…. Was crazy,” Bidelman said.
He said an older couple who lived in the home 20 years ago used the wall as a piggy bank. That turned into a tradition, with more and more people adding to the wall bank.
Bidelman said he is selling the coins on behalf of the family and will continue to give them the proceeds.
A coin collectors dream was found buried within the walls of a Windber home: rare coins worth at least $100,000.
The coins spanned five feet of wall space and date back to the 1700s, said Jeff Bidelman, who helped make the discovery.
Bidelman said the family who lives at the home told him about a rumor that coins might be hidden in the walls. He said he went with the family to the house, noticed a hole and began knocking to find a hollow spot. Once he found the spot, he kicked in the wall and cut the coins loose.
“They poured out. The force of them…. Was crazy,” Bidelman said.
He said an older couple who lived in the home 20 years ago used the wall as a piggy bank. That turned into a tradition, with more and more people adding to the wall bank.
Bidelman said he is selling the coins on behalf of the family and will continue to give them the proceeds.
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Dang, I'd like to hear more specifics. Maybe it'll be in CW.
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family to save the old fashioned way!
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<< <i>How exactly did the family who stashed those coins ever expect to get them out - knock a hole in the wall during a bad economic spell? Kinda loony but a good story! >>
Kind of like that. People didn't trust banks and burglars. Some immigrants still do this, but with paper money. A Filipino guy I once worked with said that was a practice that was not unheard of among older folks in his community.
When I used to collect beer cans, some great finds were also inside walls. Construction workers would routinely leave their empties on fireblocks and sill plates and just plaster (or drywall more recently) right over them.
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