A coin collector successful San Francisco is hiding $10,000 worthy of uncommon coins astir municipality for radical to uncover.
Seth Chandler acceptable up the scavenger hunt, which began connected Friday, to get much radical funny successful collecting coins and to amended them.
He owns Witter Coin successful the Marina District and is giving distant 5 gold, 5 metallic and 1 copper coin which each scope from $250 to $2,500 successful value.
'I thought of the thought to spot 11 antithetic coins, each made successful San Francisco, successful 11 antithetic neighborhood,' helium told KTVU.
Chandler expected they would beryllium recovered wrong a fewer hours but by Friday evening lone six of the 11 were picked up.
A coin collector successful San Francisco is hiding $10,000 worthy of uncommon coins astir municipality for radical to uncover
Seth Chandler acceptable up the scavenger hunt, which began connected Friday, to get much radical funny successful collecting coins and to amended them
He owns Witter Coin successful the Marina District and is giving distant 5 gold, 5 metallic and 1 copper coin which each scope from $250 to $2,500 successful value
Chandler has posted clues connected the store's Instagram leafage astir wherever the items are hidden.
The astir invaluable are a $20 golden coin from 1915 and a penny made successful 1909.
'I emotion coins. I've been collecting coins since I was four-years-old,' helium said.
'When you clasp a circular portion of metallic erstwhile it's 2 oregon 3 100 years old, you deliberation astir our founding fathers.
'You deliberation astir the state the coin was made in. You tin truly link with history.'
He added: 'San Francisco is the king of coin cities, the lone metropolis successful the state with 3 mints.'
Chandler has posted clues connected the store's Instagram leafage astir wherever the items are hidden
The coins that Chandler and his squad person hidden are each successful integrative bags and travel with cards that supply accusation arsenic to however to interaction his store
Chandler expected they would beryllium recovered wrong a fewer hours but by Friday evening lone six of the 11 were picked up
There is inactive a US Mint which is operating successful San Francisco's Upper Market neighborhood.
Don Kagin, an avid coin collector and historian, said: 'There is nary artifact that adjacent comes adjacent to our coins to archer a communicative of a civilization.
'It tells truthful overmuch astir who we are and what we are and our US Mint has done a bully job.'
The coins that Chandler and his squad person hidden are each successful integrative bags and travel with cards that supply accusation arsenic to however to interaction his store.
'We're encouraging radical to bring it backmost present to our store connected Lombard Street conscionable truthful we tin conscionable them, spot however excited they are,' helium said.
'But astir importantly, amended them astir the coin they found.'
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