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Hundreds of 17th century gold coins were among 200 pieces of treasure, valued at €300,000, found by artisans working at a Breton manor house, and are to be sold at auction on September 29.
The proceeds will be shared between the owners and the three workers who discovered the items.
The men were working on a construction project at the house in Finistère when they made the discovery in 2019.
They first found 154 coins in a metal box, hidden inside a wall; and then three days later came across the 239 gold coins, dating from the 17th century. They also discovered 85 gold coins in a purse...
Here is the link.
Rare gold coins found in Breton manor house to be auctioned (connexionfrance.com)
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Here are two of four reales recently found on the site of the Atocha.
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Wear and only wear determines if a coin can be considered uncirculated or not. A coin can have marks and still can be considered uncirculated.
Since coins are shipped form the mint in bags, newly minted uncirculated coins can be marked by contact with other coins or marked when the fall into the bags. Those marks are sometimes called bag marks or contact marks.
Below are some bag marks (I think) found on a 1998 one oz. American Eagle gold coin. I'm not absolutely positive, but I think these marks might be bag marks.
First, an unmarred surface.
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| Unmarred Surface of American Eagle Gold Coin. |
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| Bump Marks On Same Coin (upper left of center). |
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| Bump Marks On Fourth Ray To the Left. |
Those are marks I wouldn't notice with the naked eye but with magnification they can be clearly seen.
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