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2.5.2021 Man turned in treasure, got half a million

Categories: Finds and rescue research in the Czech Republic , Calendar

Last year, the Moravian-Silesian Region decided to reward a man who handed over a treasure trove of 2,231 rare coins. The finder was discovered by the depot in the Opava region. Experts estimated its value at CZK 1.5 million. The reward was 500 thousand crowns.

The treasure was found by a man near Vitkov in the Opava region. He read an incredible 2,231 coins, namely the Prague grosz of Charles IV and Wenceslas IV. The finder behaved in an exemplary manner and alerted archaeologists from the Silesian Museum in Opava to the hoard. Subsequently, the treasure was taken to the Beskydy Museum in Frýdek-Místek.

According to experts, it is the largest coin find in the region so far. The money was buried in a clay jar. Their value is around CZK 1.5 million. The reward for the finders was decided by the regional councillors.

Lukáš Curylo, deputy governor for culture and heritage care, said that the depot is mainly of cultural and historical value. He said it is interesting because of its composition. "It is believed that the owner stored this property near the trade route sometime before the outbreak of the Hussite wars. He wanted to preserve a really big fortune for that time. He buried coins issued over a 60-year period, which suggests that the coins were accumulated over two or even three generations," Curylo revealed.

It took two years to clean the coins, after which the treasure went to the National Museum in Prague. Experts there estimated the value of the coins at the aforementioned CZK 1.5 million. According to the law, the finder is entitled to a remuneration of up to ten percent of the expert opinion. In the end, the county paid more because the finder behaved in a truly exemplary manner.

Curylo even said that he had handed over a large fortune, which is why the county administration decided to increase the reward. "We increased the stipulated 10 percent share up to the professionally estimated market value of the find, which is CZK 489,000. These so-called treasures are extremely important for us because of the possibility of learning about the cultural, economic and social history of our region," added the deputy governor.

The region wants to exhibit the coins no later than in 2024, which is the centenary of the Beskydy Museum. At that time it was the Agricultural Museum. It was a branch of the Czechoslovak Museum in Prague. The main aim was to study the peasant history of Těšínsko. The Museum in Frýdek organized exhibitions, talks and lectures on this topic.

Sources: www.msk.cz, www.muzeumbeskyd.com, www.idnes.cz

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