RWB Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Don't you wish you were the "bearer" (and owner) of this little note? (The coin would be worth about $26 million on today's market.) Alex in PA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawtomatic Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 First thought was 'what would be the size of that coin?' But I read that as giving somebody $300,000 in gold coin. So, like 30,000 $10 coins. GoldFinger1969 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moxie15 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 in 1881 that must have been the same as getting 3 million or more today. Cant imaging going down to the bank and walking out with that much cash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member: Seasoned Veteran DWLange Posted November 4, 2020 Member: Seasoned Veteran Share Posted November 4, 2020 You wouldn't want to lose that letter before cashing it. The "bearer" could be anyone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWB Posted November 4, 2020 Author Share Posted November 4, 2020 Yep -- that's what's so amazing: a "bearer instrument" for $300,000 dollars. Not even a person's name on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex in PA. Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 $300,000.00 Dollars in pre-1880 gold coin. I get dizzy just thinking of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWB Posted November 4, 2020 Author Share Posted November 4, 2020 The bearer must have had a bearer with him to be able to bear all that loot or at least make carrying it barely bearable..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scopru Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 Well said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Charriere Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 On 11/3/2020 at 6:16 PM, Moxie15 said: in 1881 that must have been the same as getting 3 million or more today. Cant imaging going down to the bank and walking out with that much cash Gambling casinos are honor-bound to dispense a player's winnings in cash and do so routinely all the time. [In addition, the 1978 expropriation at Lufthansa (unlike the trial run at the earlier $400,000 Braniff job) amounted to five separate parcels containing $1.6 million each weighing 44 lbs. for a total of 220 lbs. in addition to the gold, jewelry and precious gems worth in excess of $850,000. $2 million in cash (denominations unknown) weighing some 70 lbs were stolen from checked luggage at Eastern Airlines belonging to Republic, New York airfeld; Richard Floyd McCoy's payload jumping from the rear of a jet plane in 1972 with various smaller denominations amounted to half a million dollars and weighed approximately fifty pounds; a bucket of gold scrap left on the loading platform of an unattended truck in New York City's Diamond District and stolen on impulse by a short, Colombian itinerant reportedly weighing 80 lbs with no pre-arranged fence for ed him to go door to door traveling the country resulting in his capture.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWB Posted November 5, 2020 Author Share Posted November 5, 2020 Approx. 1,343.75 lbs in coin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
