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<p>[QUOTE="GoldFinger1969, post: 8240982, member: 73489"]<b><font size="5"><span style="color: #b30000">1983 Manfra, Tordella & Brookes El Salvardor Hoard: </span></font></b> This is one of the largest true hoards EVER....I believe also for gold coins, and absolutely for Double Eagles and Saints. It was at least 50,000 coins and may have been up to 150,000 coins. The coins came from Central America, with El Salvador located as the epicenter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many of the Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles from1909-1916 that we have today in high-quality Mint State came from this hoard. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There were also some Liberty Head DEs and some smaller denomination coins. Unfortunately, apparently they never kept a master inventory list and during Hurricane Sandy of 2012 alot of the MTB records were destroyed by lower Manhattan flooding. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GoldFinger1969, post: 8240982, member: 73489"][B][SIZE=5][COLOR=#b30000]1983 Manfra, Tordella & Brookes El Salvardor Hoard: [/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] This is one of the largest true hoards EVER....I believe also for gold coins, and absolutely for Double Eagles and Saints. It was at least 50,000 coins and may have been up to 150,000 coins. The coins came from Central America, with El Salvador located as the epicenter. Many of the Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles from1909-1916 that we have today in high-quality Mint State came from this hoard. :cigar: There were also some Liberty Head DEs and some smaller denomination coins. Unfortunately, apparently they never kept a master inventory list and during Hurricane Sandy of 2012 alot of the MTB records were destroyed by lower Manhattan flooding. :mad:[/QUOTE]
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