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Unique silver coin depot found in world's toughest prison

Tasmania's Port Arthur Prison is notorious for its appalling conditions, strict rules and harsh sentences. Escape from the penal colony was virtually impossible. Convicts were not allowed to carry money. So how did a 180-year-old set of silver shillings end up on the floor of the prison workshop, and who buried it there?

The farthest coin

Dear colleagues, just out of interest, please tell us what is the most remote, most exotic coin /place of discovery-origin of the coin/ you have found. The coin should date back to 1939 when regular airline service across the Atlantic began.

15. 10. 2012

15.10.2012 Motocrossers drove the pennies of Václav IV out of the country.

An incredible thing happened nine years ago in Radč in the Trutnov region. Motocrossers there were so wild that they drove silver coins from the reign of Wenceslas IV out of the ground. They immediately contacted the museum.

28. 9. 2006

28 Sep 2006 Speleologists discover over 800 coins

The treasure from the thirteenth century was acquired fifteen years ago by the Central Bohemia Region. Over 800 silver coins were discovered by two amateur speleologists while searching for new caves. The hoard was found in a ceramic container hidden under stones.

Pensioner hiding £75,000 coin collection

A rare collection of coins was hidden by seventy-two-year-old John Cross of Canterbury. Experts say it's worth £75,000 and contains some really rare coins. The treasure was only discovered after the pensioner's death. He was living alone in a caravan.

21. 9. 2014

21 Sep 2014 Mushroom hunter finds 102 Roman coins

Roman coins were discovered by a mushroom picker in the Bruntál region seven years ago. Apparently, a trader lost them. The finder gave the treasure to the museum. In total, it was a depot of 102 coins.

Divers discover a unique treasure trove of gold coins from the fall of the Roman Empire

One of Europe's largest collections of Roman gold coins has been discovered in a shallow shoal off the coast near the town of Xàbia in Alicante, southeastern Spain. The gold solids date from the late 4th to early 5th century; all but one are in excellent condition.

14. 9. 2020

14 Sep 2020 Treasure worth four million

The treasure discovered last year by a couple in the woods near the Kladruby monastery in the Tachov region is worth around four million crowns. The depot contained 435 gold and silver coins from the 14th century.

Within the walls of the medieval manor was a treasure trove of millions of gold coins

A hoard of 17th-century gold coins was discovered during the reconstruction of a mansion in the Breton village of Plozévet in north-west France. The owners of the chateau, Véronique and François Mion, decided to reconstruct and interconnect the two buildings. Three days later, they found more gold coins hidden in a fabric bag on a beam near another wall...

9. 9. 2015

9 Sep 2015 Pennies under the chapel floor

Coins from the seventeenth century were discovered by archaeologists in the Chapel of the Virgin Mary in Dobrčice with the help of metal detectors. These included a silver denarius of Emperor Matthias II. "The youngest coin found is a silver denarius of Matthias II from 1611 minted in the Kremnica mint.

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