15,000枚历史硬币（称为Traveler Collection）的集合将由Numismatica Ars Classica（NAC）拍卖。

15,000枚历史硬币（称为Traveler Collection）的集合将由Numismatica Ars Classica（NAC）拍卖，专家估计其价值超过1亿美元

A collection of 15,000 historical coins, known as the Traveller Collection, is set to be auctioned by Numismatica Ars Classica (NAC), with experts estimating its value at over $100 million, according to The Economic Times.

根据《经济时报》的报道，15,000个历史硬币被称为旅行者收藏，将由Numismatica Ars Classica（NAC）拍卖，专家估计其价值超过1亿美元。

The collection features coins from more than 100 territories around the world, spanning centuries and including extremely rare coins in exceptional preservation condition, with some traceable to the greatest collections of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as reported by CNN.

该系列具有来自世界各地100多个领土的硬币，跨越了几个世纪，并且包括在特殊保存条件下的极稀有硬币，有些可追溯到19世纪末和20世纪初的最大收藏，如CNN所报道。

The original collector, whose identity remains undisclosed, began amassing coins in the aftermath of the Wall Street Crash of 1929. By the late 1930s, he and his wife had traveled extensively across Europe and the Americas, acquiring coins and meticulously documenting their origins. Fearing a Nazi invasion during Hitler's rise to power, he buried his coin collection, a decision made in the face of growing unrest on the continent. He carefully packed his acquisitions into cigar boxes, sealed them in aluminum wrappers, and buried them deep underground, where they remained for over five decades. Not long after the Nazis occupied parts of Europe, he died of a stroke. Only he and his wife knew the location of the buried coins, which included more than 10,000 coins hidden in their garden.

最初的收藏家的身份仍然没有公开，在1929年华尔街坠机事件发生后开始积累硬币。到1930年代后期，他和他的妻子已经在欧洲和美洲广泛旅行，收购了硬币，并精心记录了他们的起源。他担心希特勒在掌权期间的纳粹入侵时，他埋葬了他的硬币收藏，这是面对大陆上动荡的决定。他小心翼翼地将自己的收购包装到雪茄盒中，用铝制包装纸将它们密封，然后将它们埋在地下深处，在那里他们呆了五年以上。纳粹占领欧洲部分地区不久，他死于中风。只有他和他的妻子知道埋藏的硬币的位置，其中包括藏在花园里的10,000多枚硬币。

In the mid-1990s, the collector's widow, now elderly, decided to retrieve the buried treasure, realizing it was time to unearth the collection. She enlisted the expertise of Numismatica Ars Classica (NAC) to oversee the sale and produce an inventory and evaluation.

在1990年代中期，收藏家的遗ow（现为老年人）决定取回埋藏的宝藏，意识到是时候发掘收藏品了。她招募了Numismatica Ars Classica（NAC）的专业知识来监督销售并产生库存和评估。

What NAC uncovered was extraordinary, and it took more than a year to catalog the coins. "It was like being in a candy store every day," said Arturo Russo, NAC's director, according to Terra.

NAC发现的是非凡的，并且花了一年多的时间来分类硬币。 Terra表示：“这就像每天在一家糖果店里。”

"The vast range and superb quality of the coins offered, the sheer number of great rarities, and the fascinating story of the collection's formation will make these sales a landmark in the history of numismatics," Russo said.

Russo说：“提供的硬币的广泛范围和出色的质量，大量的稀有数量以及该系列编队的迷人故事将使这些销售成为钱币学史上的里程碑。”

Numismatic expert David Guest described some British coins from the Traveller Collection as "completely unrecorded" in modern auctions. "When it came to cataloguing the British coins from the Traveller Collection, I had to keep pinching myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming," Guest said. "Not only was the quality exceptional, but many of the coins before me had not been offered for sale in over 80 years."

钱币专家戴维·嘉宾（David Guest）将旅行者收藏中的一些英国硬币描述为现代拍卖中的“完全未录制”。嘉宾说：“当涉及到旅行者收藏中的英国硬币时，我必须继续捏自己以确保自己没有做梦。” “不仅质量出色，而且在我80多年来没有出售我之前的许多硬币。”

The collection will be sold over the next four years with approximately 15 separate sales, the first of which is scheduled for May 20 and will include the finest British machine-struck coins and medallions.

该系列将在接下来的四年中以大约15个单独的销售方式出售，第一个销售额定于5月20日，其中包括最优质的英国手动打击硬币和奖章。

Among the notable pieces in the Traveller Collection is a 100 ducat gold coin of Ferdinand III of Habsburg, minted in 1629 when he was Archduke of Austria, King of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia. The coin consists of 348.5 grams of pure gold and is one of the largest denominations of European gold coins ever minted, The Economic Times noted. "It is a mythical coin," Russo said.

在旅行者系列中著名的作品中，有100个杜卡特金币的费迪南德三世（Ferdinand III），于1629年铸造，当时他是奥地利的大公，匈牙利国王，克罗地亚和波西米亚。 《经济时报》指出，该硬币由348.5克纯金组成，是欧洲黄金硬币的最大面额之一。鲁索说：“这是一种神话般的硬币。”

Also in the collection is a rare set of five Tomans, minted in Tehran and Isfahan during the late 18th and early 19th centuries under Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar. Only five such sets are known to exist, with one housed in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, The Economic Times stated.

在该系列中，在18世纪末和19世纪初，在阿格哈·穆罕默德·汗·卡哈尔（Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar）的下，在该系列中是一组罕见的五个tomans，在德黑兰和伊斯法罕铸造。 《经济时报》说，只有五个这样的集合存在，其中一套被安置在牛津的阿什莫莱亚博物馆。

Experts predicted individual pieces from the collection could fetch record-breaking sums, according to The Economic Times. The rarity of the coins and the unique history of the Traveller Collection make it a once-in-a-lifetime event for collectors and historians.

根据《经济时报》的报道，专家预测该系列的个人作品可能会获得破纪录的款项。硬币的稀有性和旅行者收藏的独特历史使其成为收藏家和历史学家的千载难逢活动。

"Coins were the mediation between leaders and their subjects, a projection of image and power," Guest explained, according to The Economic Times. "They were a way to celebrate peace or war. They were the social media of their day."

“硬币是领导者与主体之间的调解，这是对形象和力量的投影，”嘉宾解释说。 “这是庆祝和平或战争的一种方式。他们是当时的社交媒体。”

The article was written with the assistance of a news analysis system.

本文是在新闻分析系统的帮助下撰写的。