北德克薩斯州硬幣經銷商在店裡出現稀有硬幣後，幫助男子重新找回價值 10 萬美元的被盜寶藏

克里斯蒂安·利奇（Christian Lyche）從小就開始收集和交易硬幣。當談到稀有且難以找到的硬幣時，他是一位專家。

A North Texas coin dealer says he helped reunite a man with $100,000 of stolen treasure after the rare coins showed up in his shop.

北德州的一名錢幣經銷商表示，在一名男子的商店裡出現了價值 10 萬美元的被盜財寶後，他幫助他將這些稀有的錢幣重新團聚。

Christian Lyche has been collecting and dealing coins since he was just a kid. When it comes to rare and hard-to-find coins, he’s something of an expert.

克里斯蒂安·利奇（Christian Lyche）從小就開始收集和交易硬幣。當談到稀有且難以找到的硬幣時，他是一位專家。

So on Monday, when a woman came into Gold Standard Auctions in Farmer’s Branch with a collection that included coins priced at $20,000 and $30,000 apiece, Lyche began asking questions.

因此，週一，當一位女士帶著收藏品來到 Farmer's Branch 的 Gold Standard Auctions 拍賣行時，Lyche 開始提出問題，其中包括每枚售價 20,000 美元和 30,000 美元的硬幣。

"She didn't seem to know much about them at all. She said that her grandfather had recently given them to her, but it just didn't make sense,” Lyche said.

「她似乎對它們不太了解。她說她的祖父最近把它們送給了她，但這完全沒有道理，」萊奇說。

Lyche said the woman was asking about $15,000 for a set of coins he estimated was worth more than $100,000.

Lyche 表示，女子要價約 15,000 美元，購買一套他估計價值超過 10 萬美元的硬幣。

He was also pretty sure he'd seen the coins before.

他也很確定他以前見過這些硬幣。

A quick search of his client database showed he'd sold them three years before to a client in Wichita Falls.

快速搜尋他的客戶資料庫後發現，三年前他已將這些產品賣給了威奇托福爾斯的一位客戶。

Lyche immediately called the client.

Lyche立即打電話給客戶。

“He said, ‘What?!’ You know. He was shocked. He said, ‘Are you absolutely sure’?" Lyche said. "Immediately he said, ‘That's my maid. That's my maid.’"

“他說，’什麼？！’你知道。他很震驚。他說，『你絕對確定』嗎？那是我的女僕。

Lyche said he was able to stall the woman at his office for nearly an hour as they waited for police from Farmer's Branch to arrive. By the next morning, she was behind bars.

萊奇說，當他們等待法默分局的警察到來時，他在辦公室裡拖延了這名女子近一個小時。到第二天早上，她就被關進了監獄。

Farmer's Branch police have confirmed they're investigating.

Farmer's Branch 警方已證實他們正在調查。

Jail records in Wichita Falls show Brenda Velasquez was booked Tuesday on theft charges of more than $300,000.

威奇托福爾斯的監獄記錄顯示，布倫達·維拉斯克斯 (Brenda Velasquez) 於週二因盜竊超過 30 萬美元而被登記。

Lyche says he's just grateful to see the coins go home.

Lyche 說他很高興看到這些硬幣回家。

"The sentimental value of these coins is tremendous. This collector also said that he was going to pass this collection down to his children,” he said.

「這些硬幣的情感價值是巨大的。這位收藏家還表示，他將把這些收藏品傳給他的孩子們，」他說。

He hopes the story serves as a warning to others to lock up their valuables when there are others in their home.

他希望這個故事能警告其他人，當家裡有其他人時，要把貴重物品鎖起來。

When his own store was targeted by burglars in 2019, he never got his coins back.

2019年，當他自己的商店遭到竊賊襲擊時，他再也沒有拿回自己的硬幣。

He knows this happy ending is rare.

他知道這樣美好的結局是罕見的。