The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 44, October 28, 2007, Article 26

JOHNSTOWN HOME HOLE-IN-THE-WALL COIN HOARD FOUND

"Talk about throwing away money. Piles of old coins 
worth as much as $200,000 were found in a long-abandoned 
home, including scores that the owner had apparently 
thrown down a hole in the wall. 

"Jeff Bidelman, owner of Rare Collectibles near Johnstown, 
said he was helping the family clean out the house after 
the death of the owners, who had not lived there for two 
decades. He was dragging a bag of old coins down the 
steps when he noticed the hole in an upstairs wall.

"'The woman said when she was a kid, there were always 
rumors that that's where they threw their money,' Bidelman 
told the Johnstown Tribune-Democrat.

"Within minutes of tearing down the first-floor wall 
below the hole, Bidelman was wading in piles of old coins.

"After sorting through the coins, Bidelman found some 
minted as early as 1793. Some are worth about $8,500 
and have already been posted on the Web for purchase, 
Bidelman said."

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[The original Tribune-Democrat article is more accurate 
than the Associated Press report. There have been no 1793 
cents found in the hoard yet, only coins as early as 1826 
including Large Cents "which were minted from 1793 to 1857". 
Still, it's an impressive hoard of pocket change. -Editor]

To read the complete article, see:  Full Story

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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