$75,000 in silver half dollars buried by two brothers

[ken135]

This was printed in an Indiana newspaper, quoting an article in the Cincinnati Enquirer about two brothers in Northern Pennsylvania.
They decided to bury $75,000 in half dollars. Using an on-line calculator, that's about 3,720 lbs.

 

[traveller777]

This was printed in an Indiana newspaper, quoting an article in the Cincinnati Enquirer about two brothers in Northern Pennsylvania.
They decided to bury $75,000 in half dollars. Using an on-line calculator, that's about 3,720 lbs.

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Interesting story. Thanks for posting.

 

[jeff of pa]

• though more Details are added to, in some Papers ,
• and less in others, all agree it was the 2 Brothers silver
  • Mower County Transcript (Lansing, Minnesota)
  • 09 Jan 1879, Thu
  
  
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[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

Rusty silver? Would have weighed over 4k # because 90%, the 3720 seems to be based on modern cu Ni , but either way, if true, it has all been recovered.

 

[jeff of pa]

Rust was either Transferred from a Metal Container that Rusted, Or counterfeit.
Which the Bank would have Investigated before Buying. so my guess they buried it in tin or steel buckets and the coins that touched the sides got the transfer leaching