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Ackworth Hoard
15.02.2021
Ackworth Hoard
The Ackworth treasure was found buried in the garden at Ackworth in 2012 in a pot made locally in Rentthorpe. It consists of 52 gold and 539 silver coins and one gold ring. In March 2012, the West Yorkshire Coroner declared it a treasure and valued it at £54,492. It is the only...
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Abbotsham Hoard
14.02.2021
Abbotsham Hoard
Another example of this relatively rare bird is the Abbotsham - Commonwealth hoard. Because the Commonwealth cases were dismantled and ordered to be returned to the mint for the restoration of Charles II, they are rarely seen except for those relatively rare hoards that were laid in...
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Wainfleet Hoard
13.02.2021
Wainfleet Hoard
The Wainfleet treasure folded between 1194 and 1205. Consisting of 380 silver pennies and 3 halfpennies, it was worth £1, 11 shillings, and 8 pence halfpennies, a considerable sum at a time when an agricultural worker could earn a penny a day. A number of containers were used for...
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Twynholm Hoard
12.02.2021
Twynholm Hoard
Two men used metal detectors to discover what is believed to be Scotland's largest yield of medieval silver coins after terrible hurricane weather. Derek McLennan and Gus Paterson spent five hours in torrential rain and strong winds during their search near Kirkcudbright and were...
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Tealby Hoard
11.02.2021
Tealby Hoard
King Henry II came to the throne in 1154 as the first member of the Plantagenet dynasty. During the first few years of his reign King Stephen's coins continued to be issued, but in order to restore public confidence in the currency, a new standard, known as the Tealby penny, was...
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Ryther Hoard
10.02.2021
Ryther Hoard
This hoard of 817 coins dates from the very beginning of the Tudor era, just a couple of years after the end of the War of the Roses, circa 1487. Many of the coins were minted at York, which was an important mint that produced large quantities of silver during the medieval period. It...
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Roslin Hoard
09.02.2021
Roslin Hoard
Amateur historian and metal detectorist Jaroslav Musialkowski discovered a cache of 200 silver coins in a possible medieval military camp in the central-eastern lowlands of Scotland. The site is associated with the First Scottish War of Independence and the Battle of Roslyn, in which...
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Rhoneston Hoard
08.02.2021
Rhoneston Hoard
Fifteenth century hoard found at Glenlus Sands, Wigtownshire, in 1956, a remarkably similar hoard was discovered in early 1961 at Ronston, Nithsdale, Dumfriesshire. The new hoard, which is slightly smaller, may have been buried somewhere five times the year before, around 1490, because...
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Reigate Hoard
08.02.2021
Reigate Hoard
The Reigate Vault was found on October 31, 1972 by Mr. C.M. Gibbs at Nat Wood, Gatten Park, Wray Lane, Reigate, Surrey (TQ26635186). The point of discovery turned out to be a series of ledges on the northeast side of Wray Lane, where the footpath runs along the summit, and it seems...
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Glenluce Hoard
06.02.2021
Glenluce Hoard
SCOTTIS H coin vaults buried in the fifteenth century are rare enough to attract attention, regardless of their exact contents. On examination, it quickly became clear that the more than one hundred coins discovered by Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Jope at Glenlus Sands, Wigtownshire, in July...
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