在一個謙虛的石屋中發現的1,720個“napoléons”金幣的Trove

在廣泛搜尋了謙虛的石屋之後，公證人即將放棄。然後他看著儲藏室牆上的圖片後面

A notary searching a modest stone house for clues to the whereabouts of a deceased bachelor’s relatives was about to give up. Then he glanced behind a picture on the wall of a storage room, packed with fishing rods and garden tools.

一個公證人搜索一個適度的石頭房屋，尋找已故單身漢親戚的下落的線索即將放棄。然後，他瞥了一眼儲藏室牆壁上的圖片，裡面裝滿了釣魚竿和花園工具。

Built into the wall was a chest containing a trove of coins and medallions, meticulously labelled, along with ten cloth pouches, each containing 172 “Napoléon”, as 20 franc French gold coins are known.

內置在牆壁上的是一個箱子，裡面裝有一堆硬幣和獎章，並貼有十個布袋，每個袋子都包含172個“napoléon”，因為有20枚法郎法國金幣。

Among the coins, some dating back to the 14th century, were seven from the Duchy of Aquitaine with the likeness of Edward the Black Prince, who spent nine years there in the Hundred Years’ War after being appointed ruler in Bordeaux by his father, Edward III.

在硬幣中，有些可以追溯到14世紀，有7個來自阿基坦公國的七個，與黑人王子愛德華（Edward the Black Prince）的相似之處，在他的父親愛德華三世（Edward III）被任命為波爾多（Bordeaux）之後，在百年戰爭中度過了九年。

Also of note were “masterpieces of gothic art” and coins from the reigns of Louis XIII and Louis XVI, plus coins struck just after the latter’s execution at the revolutionary guillotine in 1793.

同樣值得注意的是“哥特式藝術的傑作”和路易十三和路易十六世統治時期的硬幣，再加上後者在1793年革命性斷頭台執行後遭到的硬幣。

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“I have never seen such a major collection go on sale from the point of view of quantity and quality,” said Thierry Parsy, an expert at Drouot auction house in Paris, where the coins are to be sold in separate lots on Thursday in an evening sale beginning at 6 p.m.. Narce “knew what he was buying,” Parsy added.

“從數量和質量的角度來看，我從未見過如此重大的收藏量開始出售，”巴黎Drouot拍賣行的專家Thierry Parsy說，在這裡，硬幣將於週四在晚上6點開始在晚上的銷售中分別出售。 Narce“知道他在買什麼，” Parsy補充說。

The coins are estimated at €2 million. The Napoléons, which Parsy said were in “exceptional condition”, are valued at about €100,000 and will be sold separately.

硬幣估計為200萬歐元。帕爾西（Parsy）說的那不勒斯（Napoléons）的價值約為100,000歐元，將分別出售。

The deceased collector, named Narce, lived alone in the house in the village of Monbahus, in the Lot-et-Garonne département in southwestern France, close to the Dordogne boundary.

已故的收藏家名為Narce，獨自生活在蒙巴胡斯村的房屋中，位於法國西南部的Lot-Et-et-Garonnedépartement，靠近多達多恩邊界。

Pierre Sicaud, the mayor of the village, which has a population of 1,300, said no one had imagined that Narce and his sister, who died a few years ago, had amassed such a valuable collection.

該村莊市長皮埃爾·西科德（Pierre Sicaud）人口為1,300，他說，幾年前去世的納斯（Narce）和他的姐姐已經積累瞭如此寶貴的收藏。

“They were very polite, very modest people who lived in an ordinary house a stone’s throw from the mairie,” he told the Sud Ouest newspaper.

他告訴Sud Ouest報紙：“他們非常有禮貌，非常適度的人住在普通房子裡，距離Mairie一箭。”

The notary, who has not been named, is continuing his search for the heirs, who are said to be distant cousins of Narce. They will inherit not only the coins but also a small sum of money that was found in a drawer.

尚未透露姓名的公證人正在繼續尋找繼承人，據說這是納斯的遠處的表親。他們不僅將繼承硬幣，而且繼承一小筆錢，這些錢在抽屜中發現。