2023-09-04 07:16:13
A Spanish man recently bought a house that had been abandoned for 40 years, and found 6 tin cans full of banknotes in the wall, with a total amount of 47,000 pounds (regarding 1.89 million Taiwan dollars). (Schematic/Pixabay)
A man in Spain has bought a house that has been abandoned for 40 years and plans to renovate it himself as a retirement home. Unexpectedly, during the decoration process, he accidentally found 6 iron cans full of banknotes in the wall. After opening, he found that the total amount was as high as 47,000 pounds (regarding NT$1.89 million).
According to the “Daily Star” report, a Spanish man named Toño Piñeiro (Toño Piñeiro) saw on Facebook that someone was selling a house that had been abandoned for 40 years, so he bought the house and planned to renovate it by himself. For retirement residence. Unexpectedly, during the renovation process, Pinheiro accidentally found 6 tin cans full of banknotes in the wall.
When he opened the jar, he found that the banknotes inside were pesetas (peseta), the currency that circulated in Spain before 2002, and the total amount was as high as 47,000 pounds.
Afterwards, Pinheiro took these banknotes to the Bank of Spain and wanted to replace them with new banknotes, but the bank stated that they had stopped accepting these banknotes as early as 2002, which disappointed Pinheiro very much. Fortunately, in the end, Pinheiro sold some of the banknotes and exchanged them for 30,000 pounds (approximately NT$1.2 million), which was used to pay for his new roof renovation.
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