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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ToughCOINS, post: 26141982, member: 20480&quot;]I&#039;m no foreign coin enthusiast, but a major <a href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a64431012/medieval-denarii-coins-discovered/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a64431012/medieval-denarii-coins-discovered/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow">treasure trove of medieval coins has recently been discovered in the Czech Republic</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Credited to Popular Mechanics magazine . . . </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>A Woman Went for a Casual Walk—and Accidentally Discovered a One-in-a-Million Treasure</b></font></p><p>Jackpot.</p><p><br /></p><p>By <a href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/author/2820/tim-newcomb/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/author/2820/tim-newcomb/" rel="nofollow">Tim Newcomb</a>Published: Apr 09, 2025 9:19 AM EDT</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/trunk-in-woodland-with-glow-inside-royalty-free-image-1716559679.jpg?crop=0.66525xw:1xh;center,top&amp;resize=640:*" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Dougal Waters//Getty Images</p><ul> <li>A woman walking in the Czech Republic stumbled upon more than 2,150 early medieval silver coins.</li> <li>Originally stored in a ceramic pot during a time of political turmoil, the coins have sat in place since the first quarter of the 12th century.</li> <li>Museum staff will now analyze and restore the denarii.</li> </ul><p>A ceramic pot turned into a jackpot for a woman on a walk in the Kutnohorsk Region of the Czech Republic. While out on a stroll, the woman happened upon a roughly 900-year-old stash of more than 2,150 medieval silver <a href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/a33404250/coin-shortage-coronavirus-bank-programs/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/a33404250/coin-shortage-coronavirus-bank-programs/" rel="nofollow">coins</a> known as denarii.</p><p><br /></p><p>While the <a href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a19300/new-flexible-ceramic-could-make-its-way-into-electronic-devices/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a19300/new-flexible-ceramic-could-make-its-way-into-electronic-devices/" rel="nofollow">ceramic</a> pot holding the coins was mostly demolished, the coins themselves remain a rich collection. According to a translated <a href="https://www.arup.cas.cz/tiskova-zprava-vice-nez-2000-denaru-se-skryvalo-na-kutnohorsku/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.arup.cas.cz/tiskova-zprava-vice-nez-2000-denaru-se-skryvalo-na-kutnohorsku/" rel="nofollow">statement</a>, they are now being processed by experts from the Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, and the Czech Silver Museum in Kutná Hora.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dubbed one of the greatest finds of the last decade, institute archaeologist Filip Velímský believes the discovery is like winning a prize in the <a href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/car-technology/a27152/convenience-store-tires-air-lottery/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/car-technology/a27152/convenience-store-tires-air-lottery/" rel="nofollow">lottery</a>—even if someone else was the loser. “It was probably placed in its place during the first quarter of the 12th century, at a time of internal political instability,” he said. “At that time, there were disputes in the country between the members of the Přemysl dynasty about the princely throne of Prague.”[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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