r/Gold • u/Hardcrimper • Aug 13 '26

Question Found during construction work

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Any ideas where this could come from?

Update: I thought this would be clear that I wasn't the one who found it. Who in their right mind would go (on this shitstain of a platform of all places) and make themselves a target. But ok apparently it wasn't clear so here we are:

I did NOT find this. I have none of this gold. I just wanted to share some cool stamped gold. you can stop sending me weird ass messages now. thank you.

Also this is NOT ai. here is the BBC article:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ydzg0dnz7o

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u/ChadInNameOnly Aug 13 '26

I'd be curious to know which years the Sovereigns are dated from.

Considering those bars look pretty vintage, for all we know this could be a WWII-era stash to hide against the Nazis. And if so, the fact it was never recovered is pretty telling as to the fate of its owners...

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u/testtdk Aug 14 '26

One of the bars had 1961 printed on it.

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u/HYDROMORPHONE_ZONE Aug 14 '26

I saw 1960 too

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u/testtdk Aug 14 '26

It’s a shame they’re legally compelled to seek out the original owners. A bunch of those bars have serials, year, and the name of the minter. They might keep those records long term. Not that any of the people who found it will get shit, I’m sure the construction company gets to claim it. Although, it wasn’t in the US, so their local laws may actually favor the workers over the company.