2. WWII Banknotes Discovered Beneath An English Retail Establishment
Place: Brighton, United Kingdom
Year Found: 2018
Estimated Value: $2 million*
Shopfitter R. Davis saw that Brighton’s Cotswold Outdoor Store was in dire need of renovation and decided to take issues into his own hands. When he tore up a section of rotting flooring and tiles, he discovered something more than dirt: a substantial wad of £5 and £1 notes that England had printed during World War II.
World War II Bills Discovered at Atlas Obscura.com Under An English Retail Store
Presumably, the shop’s Jewish proprietors had hidden the money there in case of a Nazi raid, but they were never able to spend it. However, as the true narrative has not yet been discovered, these are merely conjectures.