Man finds banknotes worth NT$1.81 million hidden in wall, but they’re worthless now

Spanish man Toño Piñeiro recently bought an abandoned house in Lugo from a real estate agent. When he started to renovate the house, he accidentally found 6 cans in the wall of the old house There is a large amount of banknotes in the jar. After estimation, the banknotes in the jar are worth NT$1.81 million, but for one reason, Pinero woke up from his dream of getting rich.

According to the “Mirror” report, the house had been abandoned in Lugo for a long time before Pinero bought it. After Pinero bought it, he immediately started building the house. As a result, he found 6 jars in one wall, and these jars contained a large number of common European banknotes. million yuan).

Such a windfall naturally made Pinero ecstatic, but when Pinero took the banknotes to the bank, he was severely slapped in the face. It turns out that most of these banknotes are Spanish peseta, that is, banknotes that have been in circulation in Spain since 1869.

But then Spain switched to the euro in 2002, so these match towers couldn’t be used at all. And because the deadline for exchanging old banknotes for euros has long passed, this also makes these competition towers directly become waste paper. In addition, there are preservation problems, and some banknotes in the middle are too damaged, which also makes them unable to be exchanged.

However, Pinero finally selected some banknotes that could be used for trading. With the help of some ancient coin exchanges, he finally managed to raise 30,000 pounds, and he also planned to use this fee to renovate his house.