`` We vetted this long time ago , '' says someone assisting the owners of the coins . `` Nothing resonates like buried treasure , '' Kagin said , as a smile broke across his face . ` In 1901 , gold coins worth some $ 30,000 were stolen from the U.S. Mint in San Francisco . Last year , a California couple unearthed a stash of coins that had a similar face value . The thieves used an automated system to create fake faces for each coin and then sold them on eBay at prices as high as $8,000 apiece.
`` We vetted this long time ago , '' says someone assisting the owners of the coins . In 1901 , gold coins worth some $ 30,000 were stolen from the U.S. Mint in San Francisco . Last year , a California couple unearthed a stash of coins that had a similar face value . The thieves used an automated system to create fake faces for each coin and then sold them on eBay at prices as high as $8,000 apiece.