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How to sell your jewellery or gold in France

The sale of gold is highly regulated in France. We give tips to make the most of the booming market

Gold prospecting firm to target four communes in Brittany

Canadian firm's CEO believes valuable reserves have been overlooked

€600,000 in gold found in UK car stopped at France-Swiss border

Haul of gold bars and royal coins was not declared to customs officials

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Gold coins found with junk in rundown French house sell for €772,000

The money, found in a house bought for just €130,000, is set to be reinvested in a new hotel-restaurant as part of plans to ‘re-dynamise’ the town centre

Rare gold coins found in Breton manor house to be auctioned

The proceeds of the 17th century haul, estimated to be worth €300,000, will be shared between the workers and the owner of the property

€650,000 of gold found in jam jars in junk-filled French house

The latest find is the second set of gold coins the mairie has discovered at the property

Woman finds €500,000 in suitcase in Paris apartment building

The woman found the money in a suitcase in the basement of her apartment building, but there are questions over who gets to keep it. We explain.

Rare gold nugget found in Pyrenees hills

The story of the prospector who found a rare gold nugget weighing 2.25 grammes while panning in a river in the Pyrenees foothills.

Boys find gold bars at grandma's house in France

An auctioneer has told Connexion how two boys playing at the family summer house found two gold bars hidden in a cupboard – worth €52,000 each.

Frenchman given gold after returning parcel worth €20k

A man living in the French department of Morbihan has received a real gold ingot as a thank you for his honesty, after he returned a wrongly-delivered parcel that was filled with gold worth up to €20,000.

French couple ordered to return gold found in garden

A couple in the Loire has been ordered to return a cache of gold ingots, and money for their sale worth almost €800,000, after discovering the treasure in their garden.

Egg coins honour No1 world chef

The Monnaie de Paris mint has produced gold and silver coins in the shape of eggs and with a fried egg motif as a tribute to Michelin chef Guy Savoy whose restaurant at the mint was named best in the world.

Miners strike (small amount of) gold

An Australian company which has been searching for gold in the Mauges area east of Nantes reports finding ‘a few encouraging samples’ in an area known as Belleville.

‘Uncle Scrooge’ coins for sale for €500 plus

The Paris mint has released new coins and medals featuring Disney’s Uncle Scrooge characters to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the first showing in France of the DuckTales television cartoon series, known as la Bande à Picsou (Picsou’s gang) in French.

Gold

How to sell your jewellery or gold in France

Gold prospecting firm to target four communes in Brittany

€600,000 in gold found in UK car stopped at France-Swiss border

Gold coins found with junk in rundown French house sell for €772,000

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