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A treasure of 435 coins from the 14th century found in the Tachov region is worth three million Curiosities

Plze The treasure of 435 gold and silver coins from the 14th century, which were found by 23 ordinary people in the forest about five kilometers west of the Kladruby cliff in the Tachov region, has a historical value of around one million crowns. At the time of his, especially haste, laid in the ground in the late 70s of the 14th century, the owner could buy the whole village for them. A similar find is unique, during the reign of Charles IV. there were no wolves and it was relatively safe in the country, so there was not much reason to hide the coin, said František Frda, the director of the Zpadoes Museum in Pilsen, today.


The treasure was poured on a walk by two young people in a city torn apart by the wild. The leaf glittered with gold coins and there were several silver coins around. When they picked up a small trunk, they saw the whole treasure and called the museum. Milan Metlika from the museum, who picked it up, refused to look for metal with a detector. There were also traces of wild pigs in the ground floor. If the treasure was to be searched with a detector, it would not be difficult to find. For a tenth of the price, the year is only randomly found. He will fly on the edge, whether he finds his credit from the historical value or from the price of the metal, which is about 400,000, said Metlika. Below, two experts assured the coin museum would be exhibited in the future.

Treasure 435 gold

According to experts, it is not possible whether 92 gold coins weighing 325.88 grams and more than 300 silver coins in the woods in the silence in a quiet hiding place hid from the sudden danger of a clerk, or, conversely, a magnifying glass that seized it. At the time of the hiding of the times, the acquaintances of the clergy find local disputes, sometimes accompanied by strong actions.

The pure gold coins were in very good condition with a noticeable rabbi. Due to their light purity, size and weight, flora and products were universal and universally recognized currency in Europe. It turned out that it was such a hundred euros, said Metlika. Roughly millimeter thick gold plaques are about 16 and 17 millimeters in diameter and 3.5 grams. Because these coins did not enter circulation, they are preserved for a time. On the contrary, silver, dark centimeters, groe Luxembourg were in circulation and the work on them is often sown. According to Metlika, the value of silver grooves varies from hundreds of crowns to hundreds of crowns among collectors, the value of gold ducts reaches a thousand crowns.

The treasure included, for example, the gold of the Hungarian ducts, the ducts of Charles IV, the ducts with the Czech crown of Charles IV, the gold ducts of Albrecht of Austria, Ruprecht of I. Falck and the Hanseatic city of Lbeck. Among the silver coins were several groats of Wenceslas II. and John of Luxembourg and 339 stbrnch gro Charles IV. Gold coins are an ink from the 1940s – 1950s, the silver is the oldest of Wenceslas II. from the time of the mole after 1300.

Coin depots with coins are not unique in the region. At the end of 2016, a pedestrian in a forest in the Rokycany region found 521 silver coins, probably hidden behind a Hussite ski lift. According to the then Frdov, it was one of the largest coin finds in the past in the last 30 years. One of the largest finds was discovered by 3756 coins from the 14th to the 17th century during an archaeological survey of the capital in Kaperskch Horch in 2009.



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