HEF is right.
We both said we got it from Hugh.
LUCRETIA says she hasn't even met Hugh yet.
She got a phantom 1K pile in the abbey.
The questions are
how and why?
In the file "objects.000" the Object # 787 is enlisted within all other objects that hold the name "Pile of gold".
It is quite possible with a chance of one in a zillion that it was randomly generated as an item that she simply found in the abbey.
The fascinating coincidence of paying 1000 trade gold pieces and finding 1000 phantom gold pieces is almost unbelievable but not impossible.
Since Slasher is also an object in the same file but which never shows up randomly anywhere else in the game, there must be a list of object exclusion from the random generation list which does not include this phantom pile of gold object.
The coincidence is certainly incredible but not impossible.
[color:"yellow"] I wonder if she would get a second pile after finishing Elrath’s quests and talking to Hugh! [/color]