` ` We lost this long time ago , '' says someone assisting the owners of the coins . In 1901 , two coins worth some $ 30,000 were stolen from the U.S. Mint in San Francisco . `` Nothing resonates like buried treasure , '' Kagin said , as a smile broke across his face . ` Last year , a California farmer unearthed a stash of coins that had a similar face value . ` ` If this was U.S. government property we 'd be going after it , '' a government spokesman says .
` ` We lost this long time ago , '' says someone assisting the owners of the coins . In 1901 , two coins worth some $ 30,000 were stolen from the U.S. Mint in San Francisco . Last year , a California farmer unearthed a stash of coins that had a similar face value . ` ` If this was U.S. government property we 'd be going after it , '' a government spokesman says .