GIPSIES' HOARD
GOLD COINS FOUND IN SYDNEY,.' / '..'.'■■
(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) (Special Australian Correspondent.) (Rec 10 a.m.). -SYDNEY, Juiie 11.
Searching a Sydney, house Occupied by gipsies, detectives found a box containing gold coins valued at more than £iooo. ..■;■-,.. ,-■.•' ; .
Among the coins were English £5, French 100-frahc, and. American' fivedollar pieces. Some of the coins have been out of circulation for many years.
Police took possession of the gold, since the law ' requires any person possessing gold coin or bullion to declare it to the Commonwealth Bank. The gold will probably be handed over to the bank.
It is believed to have been accumulated over a pericfd; of many __ y>ears dui'ing the world-wide wanderings of several gipsies... ; X ' /
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 137, 12 June 1942, Page 4
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117GIPSIES' HOARD Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 137, 12 June 1942, Page 4
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