[MR] History Blog: Rare Gold Coin Found in Old Desk

Garth Groff and Sally Sanford mallardlodge1000 at gmail.com
Wed Mar 20 01:49:46 PDT 2019


Noble Friends,

Here's a story that should make you smile. A woman in England inherited an
old, but not that old, desk of modest value. She put it up for sale at an
auction house. One of the auctioneer's staff thought to check the desk for
secret compartments, and to his surprise found such a hidey-hole,
containing an extremely rare 14th century gold coin. The coin itself is
expected to sell for up to £3,000 for the benefit of the desk's owner.

Enjoy the story and a brief video showing the desk and its secrets at
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/54622 .

Kudos to the finder, who could have just quietly pocketed the coin.

Yours Aye,

Mungo Napier, Laird of Mallard Lodge  🦆


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