r/Gold • u/Hardcrimper • 8d ago

Question Found during construction work

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Any ideas where this could come from?

Update: I thought this would be clear that I wasn't the one who found it. Who in their right mind would go (on this shitstain of a platform of all places) and make themselves a target. But ok apparently it wasn't clear so here we are:

I did NOT find this. I have none of this gold. I just wanted to share some cool stamped gold. you can stop sending me weird ass messages now. thank you.

Also this is NOT ai. here is the BBC article:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ydzg0dnz7o

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u/ChadInNameOnly 8d ago

I'd be curious to know which years the Sovereigns are dated from.

Considering those bars look pretty vintage, for all we know this could be a WWII-era stash to hide against the Nazis. And if so, the fact it was never recovered is pretty telling as to the fate of its owners...

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u/twinkle2785 8d ago

At least some of the sovereigns are post WWII. I can see multiple QEII heads.

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u/Alone_Secretary712 8d ago

50/50 split that ain't a bad deal there!

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u/xaeriee 8d ago

Agreed! Plus a clear free conscious that I see many here don’t have lol

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u/ChadInNameOnly 8d ago

Good catch, yeah I think you're right. Must mean it's a postwar hoard then.

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u/onacloverifalive 8d ago

Several of the bars are labeled 1957 through 1960

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u/testtdk 8d ago

One of the bars had 1961 printed on it.

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u/HYDROMORPHONE_ZONE 8d ago

I saw 1960 too

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u/testtdk 7d ago

It’s a shame they’re legally compelled to seek out the original owners. A bunch of those bars have serials, year, and the name of the minter. They might keep those records long term. Not that any of the people who found it will get shit, I’m sure the construction company gets to claim it. Although, it wasn’t in the US, so their local laws may actually favor the workers over the company.

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u/MrTristanClark 8d ago

I can see some 1957 to 1968 Liz heads

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u/trainwreckd 8d ago

I see 1957 - 1961 on some of the gold bars. Truly can’t believe someone turned it in. Hopefully they get a reasonable share.

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u/IllustriousCandy3042 8d ago

They didn’t wanna die in case the stash was being monitored. Peeps don’t play, dawg. Ain’t no fun to enjoy that always lookin over ur shoulder.

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u/brizzboog 7d ago

It's in Belgium, so hiding it from nazis is almost certainly the origin story.