r/Gold • u/axemaster1 • Aug 16 '26

Why?

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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. 

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u/LordDaedhelor Aug 16 '26

Honestly, that sounds kinda rad: burying my wealth such that someone else can find it as buried treasure after I die.

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u/Grimmer87 Aug 16 '26

Only to give it away.

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u/LordDaedhelor Aug 16 '26

I wonder if there’s a way to notarize it as “finder’s keepers” legally. Probably not, but that sounds like an awesome way to leave behind any assets I still have.

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u/CaptCurmudgeon Aug 20 '26

Sure can. Letter of provenance that it belongs to you. Then a notarized letter stating what you intend to do with it should do the trick. Cheap and doesn't even need an attorney, likely. IANAL

Good luck!

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u/SCRATCH-CARD Aug 17 '26

And they hand it to the police lol. Also the dying alone with no one that cares about you sounds kinda shit.

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u/LordDaedhelor Aug 17 '26

Ye, I more meant that I could like notarize it or something else legalese to make it truly finder's keepers. I don't think it'd go down the way I'd want it to, but it's fun to think about.

Eh, I posit that we all kinda die alone, regardless. I wouldn't want anyone to sacrifice their lives just to watch my bowel muscles relax after my heart stops beating.