- San Francisco coin collector stashes $10,000 worth of rare coins around town
- Seth Chandler put this together to get more people interested in coin collecting
- It offers five gold coins, five silver coins and one copper coin worth up to $2,500.
A San Francisco coin collector is hiding $10,000 worth of rare coins around the city for people to discover.
Seth Chandler organized the scavenger hunt, which began Friday, to get more people interested and educated in coin collecting.
He owns Witter Coin in the Marina District and is offering five gold coins, five silver coins and one copper coin worth between $250 and $2,500 each.
“I had the idea to place 11 different pieces, all made in San Francisco, in 11 different neighborhoods,” he told KTVU.
Chandler expected them to be found within a few hours, but as of Friday evening, only six of the 11 had been recovered.
San Francisco coin collector hides $10,000 worth of rare coins around the city for people to discover
Seth Chandler organized the scavenger hunt, which began Friday, to get more people interested and educated in coin collecting.
He owns Witter Coin in the Marina District and is offering five gold coins, five silver coins and one copper coin worth between $250 and $2,500 each.
Chandler posted clues on the store’s Instagram page about where the items are hidden.
The most valuable are a $20 gold coin from 1915 and a penny coin made in 1909.
“I love coins. I’ve been collecting coins since I was four years old,” he said.
“When we hold a round piece of metal two or three hundred years old, we think of our founding fathers.
“You think about the country in which the piece was made. You can really connect to the story. »
He added: “San Francisco is the queen of coin cities, the only city in the country with three mints. »
Chandler posted clues on the store’s Instagram page about where the items are hidden.
The coins Chandler and his team hid are each in plastic bags and come with cards on how to contact his store.
Chandler expected them to be found within a few hours, but as of Friday evening, only six of the 11 had been recovered.
There is still an operating U.S. Mint in the Upper Market district of San Francisco.
Don Kagin, an avid coin collector and historian, said, “No artifact even comes close to our coins in telling the story of a civilization.
“It says a lot about who and what we are and our U.S. Mint has done a good job.”
The coins Chandler and his team hid are each in plastic bags and come with cards on how to contact his store.
“We encourage people to bring it here to our Lombard Street store just so we can meet them and see how excited they are,” he said.
“But most importantly, let them know about the piece they found.”
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