...largest silver coin treasure ever found in the country

Young Romanian gives museum largest silver coin treasure ever found in the country
The 54-kilo treasury, which was buried 30 centimeters in the ground, is worth some EUR 0.5 million at current market prices.
http://www.romania-insider.com/youn...in-treasure-ever-found-in-the-country/105935/



Discovery of the biggest silver hoard ever found on Romanian territory
...silver coins called 'aspru', a currency that was issued by the Ottoman Empire in the first half of the 15th century.
http://www.agerpres.ro/english/inde...r-hoard-ever-found-on-Romanian-territory.html

 

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wow that's huge. I like stories like this.

 

That's one heck of a hoard. I wonder whose pocket it fell out of?

 

Donate it?

Gimme a break!

 

In some countries, ANYTHING you find buried in the ground, over 100 years old, has to be given to the museum.

Lots of eu countries have antiquities laws.

 

another pronouncement from on high

 

Probally buried post WWII and the people who buried it....died.

 

Hmm, if all these coins are from the 15th century, they could have been hidden at any time in the past 500 years or so. Here is a video (in Romanian) that shows the pieces:



And yes, in most of Europe a treasure that you find is not yours but common property, ie. it will usually end up in a museum. England, Wales and Bavaria are the only exceptions I know, there may be others.

Christian

 

very nice this guy should play power ball.

 

Oh now I remember where I left my stash...sorry guys its mine.

 

In Great Britain the Treasure Trove Scheme covers large hoards of precious metal coin - but the finder is duly compensed by the Crown for the market value of the coins and it becomes a win win. I have a 17th century Irish halfpenny that was found in rural Shropshire in 2008 that was reported through the Scheme as it was judged to be a significant find since Irish tokens and coinage from that period are seldom found in England - especially rural England. After it was investigated and researched it was returned to the finder whom I bought it from.

 

This principle (in German it is called Hadrianische Teilung) applies to England and Wales (and Bavaria, DE) as I wrote, but not to Scotland for example. And I doubt it applies to Romania ...

Christian

 

Romania and Bulgaria are the wild wild east as far as finding treasure. Bulgaria has been the source of a lot of Thracian era treasure - unfortunately a lot of it makes it into auction venues etc before it is ever catalogued and researched.

 

Yes, our member Bolgios (from BG), who focuses on Celtic coins, has posted about such issues here for example: http://www.cointalk.com/threads/celtic-coins-in-bulgarian-museum-collections-2.213158/#post-1529689

Christian