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27. 3. 2007

March 27, 2007 The Tábor treasure counts 3959 coins

Twenty years ago, builders discovered a silver treasure during the reconstruction of a house in Tábor. The depot counted an incredible 3,959 coins, with the largest part consisting of Prague groschen. Fourteen years ago, a publication was even published about him.

3/22/2012 A pot full of coins from the Civil War

When he went to check the work on the workers, he saw a piece of pottery sticking out of the clay. The 53-year-old doctor dug up a pot of 600 coins from the English Civil War, which took place in the seventeenth century.

3/20/2012 Gold coins spilled from the attic

Workers who repaired the attic of a house in Champagne, France, remained nine years old. Suddenly, gold coins began to fall on them. In the end, there were 497 of them and their value was estimated at almost one million dollars.

13. 3. 2010

13.3.2010 1146 silver denarii

A depot of 1,146 silver denarii was found twelve years ago by a metal detector, Keith Bennett, in South Warwickshire. A year later, archaeologists tried to find out who hid the Roman coins.

10. 3. 2012

March 10, 2012 30 thousand coins near the Roman baths

Over a thousand Roman coins have been found by archaeologists near the Roman Baths in Bath, southwest England. It dates from 270 AD. At that time, it was the fifth largest treasure found in Great Britain.

6. 3. 2009

March 6, 2009 He found 59 coins in the cellar

Twelve years ago, coins found by a builder in Oxfordshire were for sale. He discovered 59 pieces of mintings from the reign of King James I of England. Their value was estimated by experts at fifty thousand pounds.

1.3.2015 2000 gold coins

A hoard of gold coins was found six years ago by divers off the Israeli port of Caesarea. It was pure coincidence. Experts were called in to retrieve more pieces from the sea. The hoard dates back to the time when the Fatimids ruled North Africa. Two thousand gold coins are owned by Israel.

28. 2. 2015

28.2.2015 The Millionth Medieval Treasure

The million-dollar treasure was discovered by a metal detector seven years ago by a prospector in Opatov near Luby. In February 2015, the Cheb Museum was preparing an exhibition to show the beautiful depot of Hall's phoenixes to the public for the first time.

25.2.2017 900 gold coins inside the piano

A remarkable discovery was made four years ago by the English piano tuner Martin Backhouse. Inside one of these musical instruments he found a real treasure, 900 gold coins.

17. 2. 2016

17.2. 2016 Coins from the Thirty Years' War

The beautiful find was made by amateur archaeologist Martin Skříček in the autumn of 2015 and was reported by the media in February of the following year. He discovered thirty coins from the Thirty Years' War on the edge of the woods of Woodhostice Forest using a metal detector.

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