![]() Mint spokesman Adam Stump issued this statement when contacted today by ABC News: "We do not have any information linking the Saddle Ridge Hoard coins to any thefts at any United States Mint facility. For it to show up as part of the treasure find links it directly to that inside job at the turn of the century at the San Francisco Mint." I don't believe that coin ever left The Mint until the robbery. "It was likely created in revenge for the assassination of Lincoln the previous year (April 14, 1865). ![]() "This was someone's private coin, created by the mint manager or someone with access to the inner workings of the Old Granite Lady (San Francisco Mint)," Trout told the newspaper. Jack Trout told the paper that an 1866 Liberty $20 gold piece without the words "In God We Trust" was part of the buried stash, and the coin may fetch over $1 million at auction because it's so rare. "Those two facts are a match of the gold heist in 1900 from the San Francisco Mint," the newspaper reported. The coins are mostly uncirculated and in mint condition, and they add up in face value to $27,000. and Holabird-Kagin Americana, a western Americana dealer and auctioneer, to represent them. The couple hired the president of Kagin's, Inc. "It was like finding a hot potato," the couple told coin expert Don Kagin from Kagin's, Inc. Poking at the can was the first step in uncovering a buried treasure of rare coins estimated to be worth $10 million. The California couple, who have not been identified, spotted the edge of an old can on a path they had hiked many times before several months ago. WATCH: $10M Gold Coins May Be Linked to Heist The San Francisco Chronicle's website reported that a search of the Haithi Trust Digital Library provided by Northern California fishing guide Jack Trout, who is also a historian and collector of rare coins, turned up the news of the theft. ![]() Mint in 1900 and thus be the property of the government, according to a published report. The coins may have been stolen from the U.S. ![]() March 4, 2014— - A California couple who found a stash of buried gold coins valued at $10 million may not be so lucky after all. ![]()
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