California substitute teacher inherits cousin's $7.4M gold coin fortune

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  1. Copper Head

    Copper Head Active Member

    Associated Press
    December 18, 2012

    Walter Samaszko Jr. was a loner whose death went largely unnoticed. That all changed when a crew sent to clean out his house found a fortune stashed away in the garage of his modest ranch-style home.

    There were ammunition boxes stuffed with thousands of gold coins, from Austria, Mexico and the United States. There was enough gold to fill up two wheelbarrows -- more than $7.4 million worth.

    "There was every kind of coin you could think of," said Alan Glover, the Carson City clerk and the public administrator of the estate who borrowed a neighbor's wheelbarrow to haul the treasure out.

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    Wow, what a haul.
     
    Copper Head, Dec 18, 2012
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  3. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    The AP is now rerunning news from a couple months ago? This story was first reported Sept 17th.
     
    Conder101, Dec 18, 2012
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  4. Copper Head

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    It was news to me.
     
    Copper Head, Dec 18, 2012
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  5. John14

    John14 Active Member

    That is the dream Copper Head. Stuff like that keeps me tuning in to Storage Wars! LOL
     
    John14, Dec 18, 2012
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  6. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    I'm not faulting you, I'm faulting the AP for reporting a rerun as "news".
     
    Conder101, Dec 19, 2012
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