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The Legend of Yamashita’s Gold

By CoinWeek …. We at CoinWeek make no secret of our skepticism toward stories of buried treasure. In the age of Tommy Thompson and Forrest Fenn, it’s hard to ignore the greed and recklessness that lays behind the glamour and Romanticism, and the dogged determination of the treasure hunter looks more like obsession and addiction. […]

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Treasure News – Search for Yamashita’s Gold Continues

By Everett Millman – Gainesville Coins ……. Most of the time, when the topic of lost treasure is brought up, it falls into one of two categories: centuries-old shipwrecks and hidden Nazi gold. However, there is another major source of mythologized stories of long-forgotten gold riches that dates back to the WWII era: Yamashita’s gold. […]

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