King Henry III coin: Rare 765-year-old gold coin discovered in field!

BBC ^ | Jan 18 | BBC Newsround

[pingman]

It’s a fair deal, all things considered.

[Jonty30]

I will say that many old homes in Europe have hidden rooms for many reasons, whether it be store or secret escape rooms. Hidden churches was a thing in Europe because of Europe’s tendency to persecute people who didn’t follow the state religion.

[proxy_user]

They do not tax by square footage. They have tax bands for various valuations of house for council tax purposes, but the bands are broad and the council tax is not very high. The tax is ad personam rather than ad rem.

[Celtic Conservative]

A priest hole, maybe?

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[Jonty30]

Most of it is underground.
He’s a property by trade, so he knows how to renovate spaces.

I would have kept quiet about the whole thing and just made it liveable.

https://nypost.com/2021/09/14/man-discovers-dozens-of-underground-tunnels-hidden-in-his-home/

[KierkegaardMAN]

Barnabas Sackett strikes again.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Maybe William got his "Alas poor Yorick" inspiration from that coin!

[Fresh Wind]

Oh yeah, I remember that now. Thanks!

[j.havenfarm]

The spittin’ image of his majesty!

[Rebelbase]

The only gold coins to be found by me:

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks! I spotted it in the threads file first. :^)

[Revel]

I would like to know how many loafs of bread it would buy when it was made. A good way to check inflation.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Found on farmland. Was it a “coinfield”?

[lefty-lie-spy]

Do we have any other metal detectorist / adventurers here?
I go out metal detecting all the time and it’s always so much fun to find hidden “treasure”. Sometimes it’s an old coin or a silver or gold ring, but not very often. Usually I dig up modern change and costume jewelry. I have dug up well over 1,000 coins in the past few years, many silver rings, and a couple gold ones. There’s plenty out there for me, but I don’t expect to find a treasure like the one mentioned in the article, however, it is possible. I want to get out tonight, but it’s too uncomfortably cold.

[Tennessee Nana]

I knew him well

:)

[Fresh Wind]

Was it a “coinfield”?

Maybe if it was in Joisey.

[GOP Poet]

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[GOP Poet]

Cool!!!

[SES1066]

Barnabas Sackett strikes again

“Jubal”ation! (Ref: Louis L’Amour)

[Red Badger]

He sure was UGLY!.........................