show the nickel. i was ready to tell them the coin was not genuine and you always want to meet someone with the business. once he has it in the hands. paul montgomery sg does a double take. this doesn t look like a fake. paul invites jeff garrett who has a pedigree as solid as his own and four other experts to assess the nickel authteesity. i think we found the coin. it is goose bumps. they were the coin experts and you get an indication as to whether it is real or not. they didn t show any and i was nervous. and this convention holds an unprecedented opportunity that stacks doesn t have in 1993. to compare george s nickel with the others that were
their coin wasn t genuine, but at the same time you always want to meet someone that has history in the business. jamie: but once he has the coin in his hands, paul montgomery does a double take. he was expecting to see a fake, but this doesn t look like a fake. paul invites jeff garrett, who has a pedigree as solid as his own, and four other experts to assess the nickel s authenticity. he says i think we found coin. they were the coin experts. and you try to get some indication from their expression as to whether it s real or not. but they didn t really show any. so i was a little nervous. jamie: this convention holds an unprecedented opportunity that stacks auction house didn t have in 1963; to to compare george walton s nickel with the four others that had already been authenticated. we spent 45 minutes talking
discovered that was missing from the san francisco mint. these coins were discovered mostly $20 gold pieces and in the right time range, but the mint says these are not the coins? why not? right. well, when this discovery was first announced, people started looking for answers. this 1901 theft is one of the larger thefts around this time period. like you said $30,000 in $20 coins. the timing seems about right. the coins found were dated from 1897 to 1904. most of them were $20 coins. so it seemed to match up. but right, the spokesman from the u.s. mint said when they heard of this discovery, they found no connection between the coins that were discovered and this theft at the u.s. mint. okay. so in terms of just the uniqueness of this should i be going out and buying myself a metal detector and search my yard? how rare of a find is something like this? right. and one of the coin experts i
california gold rush. coin experts estimated the find could be worth $10 million. couple says they plan to sell the coins on amazon and they will use the money to pay off bills and quietly donate to some charities. and that is the key here. if you come into unexpected money always use a piece of it to help others. it is a karma thing, you have been blessed, help somebody else, factor tip of the day. i m fascinated by the story because the 49ers were out there pulling the gold out in the gold dust and it was made into coins and then they kind of buried it because they didn t trust the banks. all of that, and they found it. 10 million bucks, please check out the factor website different from billo reilly.com. also, spout off about the factor from anywhere in the world, o reilly@foxnews.com. don t be querulous, when
california gold rush. coin experts estimated the find could be worth $10 million. couple says they plan to sell the coins on amazon and they will use the money to pay off bills and quietly donate to some charities. and that is the key here. if you come into unexpected money always use a piece of it to help others. it is a karma thing, you have been blessed, help somebody else, factor tip of the day. i m fascinated by the story because the 49ers were out there pulling the gold out in the gold dust and it was made into coins and then they kind of buried it because they didn t trust the banks. all of that, and they found it. 10 million bucks, please check out the factor website different from billo reilly.com. also, spout off about the factor from anywhere in the world, o reilly@foxnews.com.