An English couple found nearly 300-year-old coins under their kitchen floorboards during a renovation project, selling them at auction for over $800k. (via NBC News)
The coins date from 1610 until 1727, from the reigns of King James I to King George I. The period covers the time of the marriage of Sarah Maister to Joseph Fernley. According toOver 200 years later, the Yorkshire couple discovered theEdmund said it was a unique opportunity to be involved in the auction, which included 372 global registrants and dozens of successful bidders.
“It is a rare privilege for an auctioneer to be graced with a white glove sale , but when the story of Joseph and Sarah Fernley and their misers millions came to my attention back in 2019, I just knew the story had to be told,” he said. “The anonymous finders were absolutely staggered by the result. It dwarfed any pre-conceived expectations and set dozens of world records along the way.
“The sale was unique in so many ways,” he said. “The story of the coins, the method of discovery and the rare opportunity to buy them at auction.” “I have never seen a response to an auction like that before,” he said, adding that sales went three times over his provisional estimate. “This last coin is a new world record for any ‘brockage’ mint error coin of any country ever sold at auction, besting a US gold dollar sold in Texas for $54,625 in October 2011,” Edmund said.He explained that while it’s ordinary for rare coins to be sold at auction, the unique history of these coins and their amazing discovery made the sale extraordinary. Still, he hopes that it won’t cause people to start renovating their homes in hopes of making a similar discovery.
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