熊孩子玩具箱內發現價值25萬英鎊金幣

￡250,000 gold coin found in child's pirate treasure collection

熊孩子玩具箱內發現價值25萬英鎊金幣

An 18th-century gold coin worth up to ￡250,000 has been discovered in a child's pirate treasure collection.

在一個熊孩子的海盜寶藏玩具箱內，發現了一枚價值25萬英鎊18世紀的金幣。

The anonymous owner had been given the rare Queen Anne Vigo five guinea piece as a youngster by his grandfather.

據這位匿名的金幣主人回憶，這枚稀有的安妮女王維戈五基尼金幣是祖父在他小時候給他的。

With no idea of its value he kept it in his toy box for pirate games, until it was packed away and forgotten about.

當時，他對金幣的價值一無所知，直接把它放到了自己海盜遊戲的玩具箱中。後來，這個箱子被打包放起來，漸漸遺忘。

But when his grandad died, he rediscovered the coin and gave it to his own son to play with – before experts told him it was one of 20 made of gold seized from Spanish treasure ships in Vigo Bay, Spain, in 1702.

但祖父去世後，他重新發現了這枚金幣，並把它給自己的兒子玩——直到專家告訴他，這枚金幣是由英國1702年10月23日在西班牙北部維哥灣從西班牙財寶船上得到的20枚中的一枚。

The man said: "My grandad travelled all over the world during his working life and collected many coins from the various countries he had been to.

這位先生說：“我祖父年輕時因爲工作走遍了世界各地，他從他到過的國家也收集很多硬幣。”

He gave me bags of coins to play with throughout my early years because I was into pirate treasure.

“我小時候很喜歡海盜寶藏，於是，他就給我一包硬幣拿來玩。”

"As time passed, these coins went back into bags and boxes and were forgotten about, until I rediscovered them after my grandad passed away.

“但隨着時間的推移，這些放在袋子和盒子中的硬幣漸漸被遺忘，直到祖父去世後我才重新發現它們。”

"I looked back through the coins , remembering the stories I made up about them when I was small, and then gave them to my own son to play with and put into his own treasure box. My little boy has been playing with this coin as I did all those years ago."

“這些硬幣讓我回想起小時候給它們編的故事。後來，我把它們給我兒子玩，並放進了他的玩具箱。我兒子一直喜歡玩這些硬幣，跟我小時候一模一樣。”

The man, of Bishop's Stortford, Essex, eventually took it to experts after suspecting it might be worth something.

這位來自英國埃塞克斯的先生後來覺得這枚金幣可能價值不菲，就拿去給專家鑑定。

Gregory Tong of Boningtons auctioneers, in Chelmsford, instantly recognised its value as one of fewer than 15 known examples.

本寧頓拍賣行的拍賣商Gregory Tong一眼就認出來它的價值——目前存世量還不到15枚。

It is expected to fetch up to ￡250,000 at auction next month.

這枚金幣下個月將通過拍賣行以25萬英鎊的價格出售。

The coins, made out of treasure captured by the British fleet, were struck in 1703 as part of a propaganda campaign to detract attention from the British failure at Cadiz the previous year.

這些金幣是用英國船艦截獲的寶藏在1703年爲了宣傳紀念而制。主要是爲了分散1702年英國在西班牙加的斯遭遇失敗事件的注意力。

The treasure was delivered through London and received at the Royal Mint by then Master of the Mint, Sir Isaac Newton.

當年截獲的寶藏被送往倫敦，由皇家鑄幣局的主人艾薩克·牛頓爵士所收，最後製成這些金幣。

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