The ancestor of all dollars was born five hundred years ago in Bohemia, in a new mint established in present-day Jáchymov. The Tolar is one of the important legacies that our ancestors gave to the world.
A set of 19 Iron Age gold coins was discovered last February near Blythburgh in Suffolk. They were found by a detectorist over an area of about 10 by 19 metres. Experts say it is a "truly unusual" find in the East Anglian region. The coins have now been declared a treasure trove and museums are racing to see which will acquire them for their collections...
Truck driver Sean Sandercock (38) found a rare gold coin with a metal detector Minelab Equinox 800. He discovered a sovereign from the reign of Henry VIII. Its value is estimated by experts at £2,000. For the finder, it is said to be the "holy grail" in hyperbole.
A staggering 750kg pile of coins from the 2012 discovery by detectorists Reg Mead and Richard Miles was recently recognised as a new world record for the number of coins in a single Iron Age assemblage. With a total of 69,347 Roman and Celtic coins, the depot surpassed the 42-year-old find of 54,951 coins in Wiltshire.
During excavations in the Israeli city of Yaven, archaeologists discovered gold coins dating back to the early Islamic period. They are therefore about 1200 years old. They were hidden in a broken clay jar.
Somewhat in the shadow of the ongoing celebrations of the 700th anniversary of the birth of the Czech King and Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV. In March, we marked the 500th anniversary of the death of King Vladislav II of Bohemia and Hungary. Jagiellon and the accession of his son Louis to the Czech and Hungarian throne. The Jagiellonian dynasty reigned in the lands of the Bohemian Crown for 55 years and left an indelible mark on Czech government coinage.
Hunters and other otherwise "handicapped" colleagues, I am a complete novice in this field, but when I get excited about something, then I try to get and also pass on as much information as possible. After the very first kick and removal of the coin from the ground, I found that I would have to do some cleaning and not just any cleaning. For this reason, I started looking for information on what to do and how to do it. And you know that every "hunter" has a different opinion.
After long discussions here and on other sites, I bring you advice on cleaning coins from a professional numismatist and I think it is advice and experienceand they will help even the beginner prospectors who have been blessed on Hunters lately and whose coins sometimes shine with incredible luster
It is undoubtedly the rarest Czechoslovak circulating coin, the price of which currently ranges from CZK 120,000 to 180,000. Why this small copper mintage survived in only a few dozen pieces is not known.
The triangle is a silver coin with a diameter of 15-16 mm and a weight of 0.5- 0.6 g. The obverse depicts the imperial eagle with the Austrian-Burgundian shield on its chest. On the reverse there is an imperial apple with the value of the coin, the year of the auction, divided into two parts by the imperial apple.