Large Celtic coin hoard found

Jersey is a wealthy tax haven with minimal taxes for the population, so they have plenty of money.

But all these coins have been cleaned, surely no one would want a cleaned coin.

 

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It would be awesome if some of those went to collectors. I mean if each CT member receives one, they would still have plenty. But that is quite a find, I still don't have a Celtic coin, maybe its time I add one to my collection.

 

Yes, and would could also say that they were Indo-Europeans as well. Terminology really depends on how far back you want to go and how one wants to quantify.

 

68,000 coins valued at 10 million pounds. Comes to 147 pounds per coin, that seems a little high to me. Perhaps some Ancients collectors could enlighten me.
I assume most of these coins are silver.

 

I would imagine if almost all were released, you'd be lucky to get more than $125 for a Celtic silver piece. I don't think the ancients collectors market will absorve very fast 60,000+ coins, considering there's already a few thousand in collectors' hands.

 

147 pounds= $179
$125 = 102 pounds
Just trying to understand the value/ conversion.
About 100 pounds each. Less than 7 million pounds.

 

Chris Rudd seems to be acquiring a lot of Celtic coins from recent hoards. I have gotten some AV Staters thru his auctions. I know he recently bought some really rare examples of Celtic material found in a small hoard in 2015. This is a good scenario.....this way we all have a chance to bid and have them for our collections.

 

A couple of handfuls of "important" pieces may end up being purchased by the BM or other British museums, but I guarantee you that most of these will appear on the market in due course. You know about Treasure Trove and the Portable Antiquities Scheme, right?

 

I found a few articles describing some of the coins that were found in the hoard
https://oxford.academia.edu/PhilipdeJersey

 

Hoard values are always exaggerated by the media. It happens every time.