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Vreneli (aka Goldvreneli [1]) is the informal name for a range of legal tender gold coins of the Swiss franc. The coins were issued between 1897 and 1936, in 1947 and in 1949. All coins issued after 1936 are restrikes (legal tender ceased September 29, 1936). [2] The coin exists in three denominations, of 10, 20 and 100 francs. The 20 franc ...
Fort Pierce, Florida — A collection of 37 gold coins — with a combined value estimated at more than $1 million — have been recovered after they were stolen by salvagers back in 2015 from a ...
On July 28, 2015, Brisben announced that the same family of subcontractors had found over 50 gold coins worth approximately 1 Million Dollars. The centerpiece of the find was an extremely rare coin called a Royal dated 1715. [8] The Royal coin was a perfect specimen of Spanish coinage made specifically for King Phillip V. 1715 Royal Eight Escudo
ABC gave an account of a customer pressured into buying $5,000.00 of such coins which a dealer later told him were worth only $2,900.00. [43] [72] Another purchased $13,000.00 of "overpriced Swiss gold coins" in 2007 — while the price of gold doubled, the coins were only worth $10,764 in 2010, leaving her feeling "suckered."
Spanish treasure ships sank off Florida’s west coast during hurricanes more than 300 years ago, leaving their spoils on the ocean floor Florida officials and FBI recover $1 million worth of ...
In 2015, 1715 Fleet - Queens Jewels, LLC and their founder Brent Brisben discovered $4.5 million in gold coins off the coast of Vero Beach, Florida; the coins come from the 1715 Fleet shipwreck site known as the Corrigans wreck. [4] 101 coins were recovered of which 50 were unreported/stolen. In 2024, 37 of the coins were recovered. [5]
The report asserted that in 1945, the Vatican had confiscated 350 million Swiss francs ($1.5b 2020) in Nazi gold for "safekeeping," of which 150 million Swiss francs had been impounded by British authorities at the Austro-Swiss border. The report also stated that the balance of the gold was held in one of the Vatican's numbered Swiss bank accounts.
Over 2,000 silver coins found in Florida home during demolition. Mary Kinney. Updated July 14, 2016 at 10:17 PM. Central Florida Workers Find 2,000 Silver Coins During Home Demolition.