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30.12.2012 Ancient gold coins 30. 12. 2012

30.12.2012 Ancient gold coins

Viky
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Archaeologists rejoiced at the excellent discovery at the end of December 2012. In Iraq's Wasit province, they unearthed 66 gold coins that are at least 1,400 years old.
Watched chasing birds and found a treasure trove of Celtic gold staters for a record sum

Watched chasing birds and found a treasure trove of Celtic gold staters for a record sum

GM4PRO
12095 10
It's like The Detectorist! A birdwatcher was watching magpies and buzzards over a freshly ploughed field when he caught a sharp glimpse of something golden. Arriving at the site, he found a 2,000-year-old Celtic coin in the mud. As he is also an avid detectorist, he went home to get his equipment and when he returned, within hours he found another 1,300 gold coins dating back to the mid-1st century. His find set a new British record...
23.12.2012 Two million copper coins 23. 12. 2012

23.12.2012 Two million copper coins

Viky
5165 8
Approximately 3,500 thousand Chinese copper coins were discovered by archaeologists in 2012. This was near the tombs located where the city of Huoluochaideng once stood. It was probably the capital of China.
Gold coins from the Tudor period

Gold coins from the Tudor period

Viky
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A family from the south of England has made a bombshell find. While pulling weeds in their garden, they discovered gold coins from the Tudor period. The depot has already been registered by the British Museum.
Budding detectorist finds unique coin depot from the Viking period

Budding detectorist finds unique coin depot from the Viking period

GM4PRO
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A handful of scattered silver coins were found in a ploughed field near Brobyværk on the Danish island of Fyn by detectorist and amateur historian Claus Gundersen. When he contacted the Museum of the Archipelago and an archaeologist arrived at the site, they found a container with hundreds of silver coins. Much to everyone's surprise, it turned out that there was another vessel lying deeper in the ground. Also filled to the brim with coins, but with the remnants of the cloth in which the coins were placed...
Pot

Pot

Jituska
55613 57
I don't know what to write about such findings, as I am a complete beginner. In fact, I never thought I'd ever be interested in detectoring. When my partner came home with the news this February that he was going to get a detector, I found it terribly comical. When he started coming home with bits of metal that he had carefully cleaned and started describing what it might be, I started to wonder what era it might be from and what the story behind it might be...
Gold coin from the 17th century

Gold coin from the 17th century

Viky
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He usually searches for lost jewellery and then returns it to its owners. But in November, a prospector from England managed to find a gold coin - a guinea. It dates back to the 17th century.
Extremely rare auresus EID MAR sets new world record

Extremely rare auresus EID MAR sets new world record

GM4PRO
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A gold coin of Brutus from 42 AD, which celebrates the successful assassination of Julius Caesar and is only the third known of its kind, was auctioned for a record price at a London auction house on Thursday last week. In doing so, it beat most experts' estimates by almost eight times!

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