AN EASTER EGG HOARD

An Easter Egg Hoard

Did you ever discover coins during an Easter Egg hunt? The May 1956 Numismatic Scrapbook reported a find of Spanish silver coins, discovered in beach sand while planting eggs for an egg hunt. John Kleeberg picks up the thread in Numismatic Finds of the Americas (entry 433), which describes the contents as Spain, Charles III, 2 reales (pistareens), 1780-1784 (6). Kleeberg helpfully adds a reference to the New York Times of March 30, 1956, which reported Charles Holland, a workman cleaning the beach preparatory to hiding the eggs, raked up a half dozen old Spanish coins…Beach officials posted a watch at the scene to prevent trampling on the sand before the egg hunt. A number of adults had appeared with digging equipment to seek more of the coins. One can imagine their disappointment upon excavating a rotten egg instead of a Charles III pistareen!

Image: Front cover of Numismatic Finds of the Americas (Numismatic Notes and Monographs no. 169, 2009).

Link to Numismatic Finds of the Americas:
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/519183?page=139

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