美国夫妇在花园发现旧金币 价值约1000万美元

　　California couple dig up pristine gold coins buried in old tins since the Gold Rush era - plan to sell most of them　The face value of the coins is $28,000 but some are so rare experts believe they could sell for $1 million apiece and the whole cache be

　　California couple dig up pristine gold coins buried in old tins since the Gold Rush era - plan to sell most of them

　　An 1890 gold coin, left, part of a cache of gold coins worth 10 million dollars, found in a rusty tin can in California, right Photo: EPA

　　A California couple taking their dog for its daily walk have stumbled on buried treasure under a tree on their own property which turned out to be worth an estimated $10 million (￡6.5 million)。

　　The couple unearthed a series of old tins containing more than 1,400 19th Century US gold coins in mint condition。

　　The money dates from the California Gold Rush era but how it came to be buried in their garden is a mystery。

　　The face value of the coins is $28,000 but some are so rare experts believe they could sell for $1 million apiece and the whole cache be worth in excess of $10 million。

　　It is believed to be the biggest haul of buried treasure ever found in the US。

　　The couple has kept most of the details of their identity and location a secret, naming themselves only as “John and Mary” through Kagin’s Inc, a California coin company now representing them。

　　Some of the coins are expected to be loaned to go on display today THURS at the American Numismatic Association’s national money show in Atlanta, Georgia。

　　“I thought any second an old miner with a mule was going to appear,” said “ John”， of the moment he and “Mary” stumbled upon the coins, in an interview on the Kagins’s Inc website。

　　They walk about their property every day but had never before glimpsed the rusting tin protruding partially from the soil next to a tree。

　　When they eventually did and began digging they found eight old tins stuffed with coins。

　　The rare and apparently perfectly-preserved US gold coins all date from 1847 to 1894, which is comparatively young in global terms but was a time of upheaval and rapid development westwards in the history of America。

　　Most have never been in circulation and will be highly sought after by collectors, said David Hall, a co-founder of the Professional Coin Grading Service company of Santa Ana, California, who authenticated the find。

　　The couple said they plan to keep some of the coins but will sell most of them on the internet。

　　美国加利福尼亚一对夫妇发现藏于旧锡罐里来自淘金时代的金币，并计划将多数出售。

　　左图：一枚1890年制金币。右图：发现于加利福尼亚州的一只生锈小罐里的一部分金币，所有金币总价值约1000万美元。图片来自：美国环保署

　　美国加利福尼亚的一对夫妇像往常一样遛狗时，在自家树下绊了一下，随即发现了埋于树下的宝藏，这些宝藏预计总价值约1000万美元(合6100万人民币)。

　　这对夫妇打开了旧罐子，发现了超过1400枚崭新的19世纪美国金币。

　　这些金币来自于加利福尼亚淘金时代，但究竟如何被埋在这对夫妇的花园里，还是一个谜。

　　这些金币面值为2.8万美元，但是其中一些实为罕见，专家认为每一枚都可以卖到100万美元，总价值将超千万美元。

　　这是美国迄今为止发掘的最大一笔金币收藏。

　　这对夫妇并未公开自己的具体身份和住址，只是称自己为“约翰和玛丽”(译注：美国最普遍的名字)，现在二人由加州一家名为Kagin’s Inc的金币公司代理。

　　其中一些金币有望出借，并在美国钱币协会今日于乔治亚州亚特兰大举办的国家钱币展上展出。

　　“我也想过或许有一位穿着拖鞋的老矿工会出现，”“约翰”在Kagin’s Inc网站采访上表示自己和“玛丽”差点被那些金币绊到时这样想过。

　　他们每天都在这些宝藏旁散步，但是虽然锈罐子已经从一棵树旁的土壤里露出了一角，二人之前却都从未注意过。

　　最后他们终于注意到了，并将它们挖出来时发现，一共有8个旧罐子，每一个都装满了金币。

　　这些罕见并且看起来完好保存的美国金币都是1847到1894年间的，虽然不够古老，但却代表了美国历史上一段轰轰烈烈、快速发展的西进史。

　　这些金币大多数从未在市场上流通，这将会使众多收藏家趋之若鹜，负责鉴定这批金币的加州圣安娜一家专业钱币分级服务公司的联合创始人大[微博]卫·霍尔说道。

　　这对夫妇称会保留一些金币，然后在互联网上将大部分出售。