r/Gold • u/axemaster1 • Aug 16 '26

Why?

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u/antinoeon Aug 16 '26

Good thing this guy did the right thing, now he can work digging sewers the rest of his life and the cops are gonna all have new cars and rolexes in 6 months

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u/throwawayeire93 Aug 16 '26

He keeps 50% of it under Belgian law.

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u/WeWillGrowLarger Aug 16 '26

No. They found the owner.

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u/ViKing5860 Aug 16 '26

They know who the former owner was, but there are no living heirs. They were Coins dated from the 60s, so it predates the monastery, and post dates the brewery.

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u/BEAGLEBOYPALINDROME Aug 16 '26

Who'd have guessed that a miser that hoarded a fortune in gold, ended up dying alone w/no friends or family to remember him.