$40,000 in Rare Coins Left at Shrine
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EMMITSBURG, Md. (Nov. 18) - A woman quietly left $40,000 worth of rare U.S. coins near a Catholic shrine for safekeeping so the Virgin Mary could watch over her life savings while she was out of town, and apparently it worked: The money was returned to her when she got back a week later.
Operators of the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes near Emmitsburg thought they had been blessed with a big donation when a groundskeeper found the two plastic freezer bags filled with gold and silver while raking leaves.
But Shrine Director William Tronolone said the woman approached him after a noon Mass Sunday, six days after the discovery, to ask whether anyone had found some coins she had hidden beneath fallen leaves at the site on the campus of Mount St. Mary's University.
"I said, 'Why did you leave it there?' And she said, 'Well, I had to go away and I was afraid to leave it and I wanted the Blessed Mother to watch over it for me — and evidently she did because you found it,'" Tronolone said.
By then, university officials had had the coins appraised, notified police and placed the money in a safe while awaiting word from investigators.
Tronolone refused to identify the woman. He said she had been out of town about a week.
After the school's security director returned the coins Monday, he accompanied the woman to her bank and persuaded her to put them in her safe deposit box, Tronolone said.
... Grotto visitors often leave anonymous donations, including a $3,000 cash gift two weeks ago.
"Up here at the grotto, you get a lot of people that are very, very faithful," Tronolone said, "and they do things you and I would never even attempt to do."
I'm guessing that visitor traffic at the Grotto will be picking up somewhat.
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<< <i>Tronolone refused to identify the woman. >>
Yeah, I think the last thing you want to do is tape a "Rob Me" sign to someone's house by identifying her.
Hmmm....one might conclude the lady had been "out of town" much longer than a week...
<< <i>He said she had been out of town about a week.
Hmmm....one might conclude the lady had been "out of town" much longer than a week... >>
Yeah, she'd probably be first in line at one of those hotel "sell your silver and gold coin" rip-offs.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
<< <i>He said she had been out of town about a week.
Hmmm....one might conclude the lady had been "out of town" much longer than a week... >>
If you think you can leave 40K in gold and silver outside and the Blessed Mother
will watch over it for you, well, then I've got a Virgin Mary grilled cheese I want
to sell you!
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Hmmm....one might conclude the lady had been "out of town" much longer than a week... >>
She was "out to lunch" and a few sandwiches short of a picnic.
<< <i>I'm a skeptic. >>
Why, do you think it was a man who did it instead of a woman?
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<< <i>I'm a skeptic. >>
Why, do you think it was a man who did it instead of a woman?
Mark, is that really you ? The one an' only St Feldini ?
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<< <i>I'm a skeptic. >>
Why, do you think it was a man who did it instead of a woman?
Mark, is that really you ? The one an' only St Feldini ? >>
Now who's the skeptic?
"I think his cheese done slid off his cracker."
Ron
<< <i>I'm a skeptic. >>
I agree - I think there is more to this story. Sounds like someone wanting to run away from those coins for some reason but then has second thoughts.
"A dog breaks your heart only one time and that is when they pass on". Unknown
1. A temporary miracle where a woman allegedly donated $40k worth of coins to a Statue of the Virgin Mary for a week before taking it back.
2. An image of the Virgin Mary on a toasted cheese sandwich.
3. A post from out of the blue from St.Feldini.
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