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   From: blue@there.com   
      
   On 21/04/2017 15:21, burfordTjustice wrote:   
   > A hoard of valuable gold coins worth more than half a million dollars has   
   been found inside a piano which was given away for nothing by its previous   
   owners.   
   >   
   > Graham and Meg Hemmings, from Shropshire,  England, donated their old   
   instrument to a local school with no idea it was full of gold.   
   >   
   > Its new owners, Bishop’s Castle Community College, only discovered the   
   hidden stash after they paid a piano tuner to fix the instrument.   
   >   
   > Inside, he found 913 gold coins that are more than a century old.   
   >   
   > The hoard is a mixture of old British sovereign and half-sovereign pieces,   
   and between them contain more than 13lbs of gold.   
   >   
   > Under UK law, unexpected valuable finds can be taken into the custody   
   > of the legal system, and officially declared “treasure” if they are   
   > significant enough.   
   >   
   > This was the case with the gold coin hoard, with the result that museums   
   will be able to bid for the items, and the people who found them will be paid   
   their market rate.   
   >   
   > In this case, the value of the find was declared to be £500,000 ($640,000)   
   – and will be divided evenly between the college and the piano tuner.   
   >   
   > Since the Hemmings’ gave the piano away, they have no right to any of the   
   reward – and, remarkably, don’t seem to mind.   
   >   
   > Mr Hemmings, 72, said: “We’re very glad that the college will benefit.   
   We knew the piano needed tuning when we moved it to Bishop’s Castle but it   
   played well.”   
      
      
      
      
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