北德克萨斯州硬币经销商在店里出现稀有硬币后，帮助男子重新找回价值 10 万美元的被盗宝藏

克里斯蒂安·利奇（Christian Lyche）从小就开始收集和交易硬币。当谈到稀有且难以找到的硬币时，他是一位专家。

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.

北得克萨斯州的一名钱币经销商表示，在一名男子的商店里出现了价值 10 万美元的被盗财宝后，他帮助他将这些稀有的钱币重新团聚。

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）从小就开始收集和交易硬币。当谈到稀有且难以找到的硬币时，他是一位专家。

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，周一，当一位女士带着收藏品来到 Farmer's Branch 的 Gold Standard Auctions 拍卖行时，Lyche 开始提出问题，其中包括每枚售价 20,000 美元和 30,000 美元的硬币。

"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.

“她似乎对它们不太了解。她说她的祖父最近把它们送给了她，但这完全没有道理，”莱奇说。

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，该女子要价约 15,000 美元，购买一套他估计价值超过 10 万美元的硬币。

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

他也很确定他以前见过这些硬币。

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

快速搜索他的客户数据库后发现，三年前他已将这些产品卖给了威奇托福尔斯的一位客户。

Lyche immediately called the client.

Lyche立即给客户打电话。

“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.’"

“他说，‘什么？！’你知道。他很震惊。他说，‘你绝对确定’吗？”莱奇说。“他立即说，‘那是我的女仆。那是我的女仆。”

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.

莱奇说，当他们等待法默分局的警察到来时，他在办公室里拖延了这名女子近一个小时。到第二天早上，她就被关进了监狱。

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

Farmer's Branch 警方已证实他们正在调查。

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

威奇托福尔斯的监狱记录显示，布伦达·维拉斯克斯 (Brenda Velasquez) 于周二因盗窃超过 30 万美元而被登记。

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

Lyche 说他很高兴看到这些硬币回家。

"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.

“这些硬币的情感价值是巨大的。这位收藏家还表示，他将把这些收藏品传给他的孩子们，”他说。

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

他希望这个故事能够警告其他人，当家里有其他人时，要把贵重物品锁起来。

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

2019年，当他自己的商店遭到窃贼袭击时，他再也没有拿回自己的硬币。

He knows this happy ending is rare.

他知道这样美好的结局是罕见的。