Fate sometimes carries surprises for some that are pleasant enough to completely change their standard of living and life, and at other times happiness is not complete as they expect it to be, which is what happened with an American family that initially found a treasure consisting of 800,000 pennies in the basement of an old family house, but the couple They started searching for one penny, which today has a value of $ 1.7 million, but after one hour they gave up and listed the coins they found for sale in full for only $ 25,000, according to the website. yahoo.

John Reyes and his wife were evacuating the old family home in Los Angeles, when they found in the basement 800,000 copper pennies hidden, belonging to Reyes’ father-in-law before his death, according to the American “Washington Post”..

The United States reduced the copper content in its pennies in the 1980s, which prompted Reyes’ father-in-law to save the old coins, believing that they would become valuable one day, and the couple confirmed that the amount of hidden cash was so large that it took a whole day to remove it from the vault..

After finding this “treasure”, Reyes called the nearest Wells Fargo Bank branch to see if he wanted to get these pennies, but the manager said that there was not enough space in the safe, and upon hearing about the size of the treasure, the bank manager said that the couple should Scan the coins, as there is likely to be a single penny worth more than $1 million.

Some well-preserved “Lincoln pennies” minted in 1971 can fetch up to $1,000, while rare, older pennies can fetch up to $1.7 million..

Upon hearing this, Reyes conducted some research and decided to find such a treasure, but according to the American newspaper, the family gave up after an hour of searching for about 300 pence, and all the coins were offered for sale for $ 25,000. Reyes said: “We had no idea what We were looking for him.”