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Medieval 'pot o' gold' discovered by construction workers
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Posted on 03/16/2018 1:48:23 PM PDT by Red Badger
Just in time for Saint Patricks Day two construction workers in Holland have discovered a real-life pot o gold.
The workers from water company Oasen made the stunning find when they were laying pipes in the new town of Hoef and Haag, in the province of Utrecht, LiveScience reports.
During the construction work, they dug up a medieval cooking pot that contained 12 gold and 462 silver coins. The coins have been dated to the 15th century. It's unclear at this point who will keep the coins.
After finding the pot, "it literally and figuratively rained coins," the company explained in a press release translated via Google Translate.
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TOPICS: History; Outdoors; Society; Travel
KEYWORDS: coins; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; haag; hoef; holland; medieval; middleages; netherlands; numismatics; renaissance; utrecht
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To: Impy
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03/18/2018 6:48:10 PM PDT
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GOPsterinMA
(I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Died in the king’s dungeons for not paying his taxes..................
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03/19/2018 5:56:46 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
To: Impy
If it was me that found this, it wouldnt be in the news, I can tell you that. Oh, you're one of those that would make an anonymous donation to you favorite charity?.................
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03/19/2018 6:00:11 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
To: Red Badger
That’s right, it’s called “The Yacht fund”.
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03/20/2018 11:34:52 AM PDT
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Impy
(D's might have a registration edge in the district but that doesn't mean I have no virtue to signal.)
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