This Is Another One Of Those Good Luck Stories I Like So Much,

a team of builders were renovating a vineyard facility in France,

when like manna from heaven they were showered with gold coins, 497 of them, as they removed a part of the ceiling, all dating from between 1851 and 1928 and are the equivalent of 17 kilogrammes of gold, the old building is in the rural village of Les Riceys in the country's famed Champagne region,


the building, a former grape-drying facility, is owned by Champagne producer Francois Lange, who has decided that half the coins will go to the workers and the other half for himself, the value of the coins? about $980,000 (£622,000), lucky builders!