The family of a late businessman were stunned after finding his secret collection of more than 1,000 historic coins hidden in shoe boxes – worth thousands of pounds. The coins - including a William III crown dating back to 1696 - were kept in the bottom of a wardrobe and also inside a locked desk drawer.
The man’s wife and daughter stumbled across the hoard while sorting through his belongings after he died last autumn. The man’s widow, who has not been named, came across the treasure trove scattered around their home in Luton, Bedfordshire.
She said: “I found most of the coins a couple of months ago but more turned up over the course of the next few weeks. I kept finding more every time I cleared another part of the house.
