FINDING OF SILVER COINS
CAUSES PANIC, An interesting story of hour the discovery of pirates' gold resulted in more damage than the nnd was worth comes from New Haven, Conn. Fasquale Valenti, a labourer, dug into an iron pot in excavating tor the foundations of a new building in Meadow street, and found it filled with silver coins shearing dates of the middle of the nineteen!!) century. The coins, about a thousand in number, have a face value of two shillings and six pence. Valenti had the presence of mind to rush away with the coins to a place of safety for their examination, out when he discovered the value, so the story goes, he became temporarily insane and ran through the streets until captured. When the news of his discovery became known, more than 200 people rushed to the foundations of the building, and, jumping in. began to dig. Before the police could drive them away they had dug under the foundations and caused them to collapse, resulting in damage of a few hundred pounds. On the site where the treasure was found stood, until several months ago. a house which was built in 1790.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8355, 15 February 1913, Page 13
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196FINDING OF SILVER COINS New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8355, 15 February 1913, Page 13
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