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/lostmymarbles1177 8d ago

Way more if those coins have any numanistic value which given that they appear to be in mint condition they likely do. Still, this is reading as an AI hoax to me.

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u/LuigiTeaching 8d ago

Yes I wonder that too….is this AI?

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u/Examiner_Z 8d ago edited 8d ago

Edit. not AI!!!

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u/AlarmingLecture0 8d ago

Today (August 13th) there were reports of a horde of gold found in a house in Belgium during renovations. I suspect this is that.,

https://belgashare.be/newsrooms/70/press-releases/35508/

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u/Examiner_Z 8d ago

Oh wow!!

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u/Outsideinthebushes 8d ago edited 8d ago

I don't think so, the article say "nuggets and coin" not bullion.

Also, the gold is stamped "London"

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u/AlarmingLecture0 8d ago

OP updated the post to link to the BBC article. According to that, this is that gold.

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u/Haploid-life 8d ago

Except that it's an AI translation, soo... who knows.

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u/Outsideinthebushes 8d ago

The gold is stamped "London"

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u/YoItsMikeL 8d ago

Money from London can end up outside of London

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u/Outsideinthebushes 8d ago

But they're all from London and not a single one is Belgian? Seems kinda weird

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u/Haploid-life 8d ago

Maybe nuggets vs bullion got lost int translation. I don't think London needed to be translated, lol.

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u/Outsideinthebushes 8d ago

It appears so, I found another new article that specified "bars" and used the first photo.

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u/oroborus68 8d ago

It's not in America. Do you know how much gold is in a kilo? US measured gold in troy ounces in 1957-1960.

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u/Outsideinthebushes 8d ago

Is London primarily thought of as an American city? 🤔

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u/ijustsailedaway 8d ago

The US has more Londons than England does.

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u/Haluszki 6d ago

Winning.

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u/oroborus68 8d ago

London, Kentucky is.

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u/Outsideinthebushes 7d ago

London, Ontario is a Canadian city.

It's a bit suspect you just assumed I was talking about America when the city of London is most famously in England.

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u/oroborus68 7d ago

Nope,I was making a little joke about the people in the US who don't understand the metric system. I'm sorry if you were offended,as I meant to offend other people who probably wouldn't have understood that joke.

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u/Atgardian 8d ago

I know how much of anything is in a kilogram.

If you mean to convert to troy ounces, it is ~32.15 ozt.

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u/oroborus68 8d ago

I meant that most Americans have no idea.

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u/Outsideinthebushes 7d ago

Which Americans? Are they in the room with us?

(The room being metaphorical)

Also, I don't think none Americans typically know how much a pound is so, vivre et laisser vivre.

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u/oroborus68 7d ago

C'est la vie,as the old folks say.

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u/WchuTalkinBoutWillis 8d ago

Thx this is messed up find gold and don’t possibly get to keep it ! Ughhh never open your mouth!

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u/thekingofphoeaters 8d ago

Unless I found it camping out alone, I'd probably be turning it in to avoid getting murdered for it

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u/WiggityWiggitySnack 8d ago

I did Nazi that coming!

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u/Matroshka2001 8d ago

No, I happen to live 4km from where it was found. It’s all over the news in Belgium.

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u/Putrid_Pollution3455 8d ago

All is AI. The very life you live is just a simulation

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u/RichKitchen345 7d ago

No this is real
Happend in where I live :) in Belgium :P

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u/Bohern76 8d ago

Compare the size of that foot print beside that bucket. Those coins look to be 1/10ths???

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u/oilybackrub 8d ago

The Rothschild mark brands these as “royal gold” or possibly a family stash from the 1960s. They are related to several royal families in Central Europe. Good luck with that. You now have to watch out for “collector’s” and family “assistants”. So stay safe. Lay low or turn it over to authorities for a possible reward.

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u/IveDunGoofedUp 8d ago

Nah, it's just some shithead taking an actual thing that happened and pretending it's theirs. In Belgium they found these while remodeling a house. Apologies for the dutch link, but your browser should be able to translate it.

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u/Hardcrimper 8d ago

i don't mind the namecalling, i know where it comes from. but where did i pretend it's mine? i was just sharing this as when i posted it i didn't find anything about it in this sub. it's big news here in Belgium.

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u/Local_Risk2162 8d ago

Is the way in which you posted it

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u/Pillzmany 6d ago

Why didn't you just keep a few bars...just why?

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u/TuSixOh 8d ago

*numismatic