Posted on 11/10/2008 11:57:47 AM PST by BGHater
Three 700-year-old coins which were found in a field have been declared treasure by a coroner at Flint.
The silver pennies date back to between 1307 and 1314, to the reigns of both Edward I and his son Edward II.
Archaeology enthusiast Peter Jones, from Holywell, found a coin in 2006, then returned to the same spot a year later, when the other two were found.
The coins were analysed by experts at Cardiff's National Museum of Wales who discovered they were 90% silver.
Mr Jones regularly scours a field owned by his friend Ron Davies, for pre-historic items.
He said he has found hundreds of old tools, made from flint, some of which dated back thousands of years before Christ.
He told the inquest he did not usually use a metal detector and found the first coin in 2006 just "lying on the surface".
The following year he took a metal detector to the same spot, and again found two similar coins on the surface.
The coins would have been a "couple of days' wages" for someone
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
ping.
You know, I had a hole in my pocket one day when I was there touring that field... I wondered where they went to. Hand ‘em back!
"They may take our lives, but they'll never find OUR COINS!"
"Sir William! They've found the coins!"
"Damn!"
Thanks for posting!
“The coins would have been a “couple of days’ wages” for someone”
But Obama woulda took them and handed out food stamps and carbon credits in exchange.
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Thanks BGHater. There may have been a story about this, but I'm too lazy to check. :') |
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So THAT’s what happened to the money you said you’d lost...
I’m glad I asked for it up front...;o]
Terrific numismatic find!
I’d venture a guess and say that there is a lot of really old stuff in the ground in Britain.
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