Couple finds rare coins worth over $800,000 while renovating their kitchen floors

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The haul of rare coins were recently sold at auction for $852,380.

, the coins have been linked to a Hull merchant family, the Maisters. The coins date from 1610 until 1727, from the reigns of King James I to King George I. The period covers the time of the marriage of Sarah Maister to Joseph Fernley. According toOver 200 years later, the Yorkshire couple discovered theEdmund said it was a unique opportunity to be involved in the auction, which included 372 global registrants and dozens of successful bidders.

“The sale was unique in so many ways," he said."The story of the coins, the method of discovery and the rare opportunity to buy them at auction." Lot 101 — A Remarkable Mint Error — Charles II, Guinea, where CAROLUS has been mistakenly spelled CRAOLVS — sold for $10,850. Lot 241 — The Unbelievable Mint Error, a coin struck with no head but two tails. A George I ‘Brockage’ Guinea, 1720, sold for $72,860.

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