Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 99: Rushing to Send Money!

Chapter 99: Chapter 99: Rushing to Send Money!

Sean Knight quickly stuffed the jar into his pocket, hastily refilling the hole with soil and restoring the wooden slats.

He had been too hasty, and the traces were quite evident; if the homeowner looked carefully, they would definitely notice a problem!

The homeowner had already walked to the kitchen door; Sean steeled himself and went to meet him, intending to distract him first!

"Sir, I plan to buy that record player!"

As soon as the homeowner appeared, Sean started talking.

The homeowner looked puzzled but was interrupted by someone calling from outside; he apologized and hurriedly left.

Sean let out a sigh of relief, quickly removed the wooden slats, gathered the scattered soil exposed outside, and restored the slats.

Seeing the homeowner busy with something outside, Sean quickly moved to the study room, observing the record player.

The homeowner checked the kitchen but didn’t find Sean, so he came to the study room.

"Two hundred dollars, I think it’s worth it," Sean turned to him and said, "This is a nice piece, I like it."

Then, he took out 200 dollars and handed it over.

The homeowner didn’t expect Sean not to haggle over the price; he paused before laughing and accepting the money:

"You’re a discerning collector! Have another look around; if you see anything else you like, I’ll give you a discount!"

Sean nodded with a smile, carrying the record player out. He held the bulky record player awkwardly while walking, partly because his pocket contained the extremely heavy jar!

However, the massive record player perfectly concealed the bulging shape of the jar in his pocket. None of the people, including the homeowner, noticed anything unusual as Sean walked out.

Despite his calm demeanor, Sean’s heart was racing!

Reaching his pickup truck, he leaned the record player against it, took out his key with one hand, and opened the door. After climbing in with the record player, he quickly placed the rusty iron jar in the car as well.

Returning to the courtyard, Sean browsed a bit more, spent 20 dollars on an old-fashioned desk lamp, and then excused himself to leave.

It wasn’t until some time after he left that the homeowner remembered he hadn’t asked the buyer’s name.

What a discourtesy!

Driving just over a kilometer away, Sean finally managed to calm his excitement.

Once he stopped at a random parking lot, he grabbed the jar and examined it carefully.

The old-fashioned iron jar had grooves all around it, slightly thicker than a regular can, and less than 20 centimeters long. Shaking it, no sound came from within.

The lid was attached, and Sean tried to twist it off but was unable to do so.

He had to take out his knife to pry it open.

Fortunately, the lid was severely rusted, and Sean managed to remove it in less than two minutes.

Then, he saw a clump of blackened cloth stuffed in the jar’s opening. The contents did not make a sound because of this cloth.

Upon removing the cloth, Sean’s eyes lit up!

Inside, the jar was filled with gleaming gold coins!

Sean took out one of the coins and examined it carefully.

Due to the prior discovery of gold coins, Sean had researched information about American gold coins in his free time.

Thus, he recognized the gold coin in his hand.

This was a 1901 American Morgan gold coin. The story behind the minting of Morgan gold coins was quite interesting.

This coin was named after its designer, George T. Morgan, and was a legal currency in the United States. They were minted between 1878-1904 and briefly in 1921.

According to the laws at the time, the front design of the gold coins should feature the Statue of Liberty, while the back design should be an eagle that symbolizes the United States of America. How could these two designs be perfectly portrayed on the coin’s surface? As for the image of the Statue of Liberty, the young George Morgan did not imagine the appearance of a goddess in ancient Greek style like other sculptors but decided to find a model from among American women.

After turning down several candidates, upon the recommendation of his good friend and famous painter Thomas Ekins, Morgan finally chose a woman named Anna Williams.

At first, Anna was reluctant, but, with the persuasion of her friends, she agreed to be Morgan’s model several times, on condition of keeping her identity a secret. Morgan was delighted with Anna’s image, and he once said that her appearance was the most perfect among English and American women he had ever seen.

These gold coins were produced continuously from 1878 to 1904 and were minted again in 1921.

The front of the coin features a side portrait of the Statue of Liberty wearing a "LIBERTY" crown, surrounded by 13 six-pointed stars, representing the 13 states at the time of the United States’ independence. The year "1901" is inscribed below the portrait.

The reverse side displays an eagle emblem. The eagle’s head is turned to the left, the right claw grasping an olive branch and the left claw holding three sharp arrows. The outer circle is inscribed with "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" and "FIVE DOLLAR" to signify the defense of freedom, equality, and independence. Above the eagle’s head is the Gothic typeface motto: IN GOD WE TRUST.

Sean Knight glanced at the gold coin and then examined the other coins, noticing that although they had traces of use, they were very well preserved.

He poured out all the coins from the jar and counted them one by one.

One hundred and fifty!

This small jar contained 150 Morgan gold coins!

Sean remembered that the current market price was around 2,000 dollars each.

One hundred and fifty of them amounted to 300,000 dollars!

Hehe!

It’s as if money is being thrown at his doorstep!

However, he thought that if it weren’t for his Sky Eye, this kind of thing would never happen - the gold coins might have remained buried, only to be discovered when the house was being renovated by a future owner.

Or they could have remained buried forever.

Sean drove back to Smith’s Second-hand Trade again.

Seeing Sean carrying a large record player, Smith greeted him with a smile, "Sean, the item you brought this time isn’t that great!"

Sean put the record player on the counter and said, "Give me an estimate!"

"This kind of thing from last century isn’t that rare." After inspecting it, Smith said, "And there aren’t many collectors - 500 dollars!"

"Deal!" Sean didn’t bargain. He took out a Morgan gold coin and tossed it in his hand, "How about this one?"

"Morgan?" Smith’s eyes lit up, "The condition is pretty good!"

He took the gold coin from Sean, looked closely at it, and said, "I can offer the highest price of two thousand two hundred dollars each at the moment."

"What if I have 150?" Sean thought the price was good, so he decided to sell them all here.

"What?" Smith exclaimed, drawing attention from many people around.

Smith realized his slip, immediately pulled Sean back inside the counter, went through a door to the back room, and anxiously asked, "Did you rob some collector or find someone’s buried treasure? How can you have so many?"

Sean just smiled and didn’t answer.

"Alright, alright, I won’t ask." Smith immediately understood, raised his hand and waved, "Can I take a look?"