Couple find $25,000 worth of rare coins in new home, return them to owner.

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A South Carolina couple who recently moved into their home found a cache of rare coins worth about $25,000 -- and returned them to their owner.

James and Clarrisa Munford said they closed on their Columbia home in mid-October and were in the process of moving in when they discovered two cases of coins from the 1800s in a built-in closet drawer.

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2020/1...-new-home-return-them-to-owner/9691605735225/
 

The Munfords returning the coins to the previous owner restores my faith in the basic goodness of people - - ever so slightly.

But the previous owner just saying thanks, and not offering a reward - perhaps a couple of the coins would have been appropriate - cancels that restoration of faith.
 
StarSong said:
I don't think it's as rare as we imagine. If I found a cache like that it wouldn't occur to me to keep it, and believe most people would do the same.
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It's not something I would do either but the 'me' generation is widespread. Some would look at it as a gift from God. "Didn't that televangelist say if I sent her a $1.00 it would be returned 10 fold?"
 
raybar said:
The Munfords returning the coins to the previous owner restores my faith in the basic goodness of people - - ever so slightly.

But the previous owner just saying thanks, and not offering a reward - perhaps a couple of the coins would have been appropriate - cancels that restoration of faith.
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My sentiment to a T.
 
Sad we live in a society where doing the right thing is an oddity and newsworthy. I think most everyone would return it without even thinking otherwise. Don't you?
 
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