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Medieval 'pot o' gold' discovered by construction workers
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Posted on 03/16/2018 1:48:23 PM PDT by Red Badger
Just in time for Saint Patrick’s Day — two construction workers in Holland have discovered a real-life “pot o’ gold.”
The workers from water company Oasen made the stunning find when they were laying pipes in the new town of Hoef and Haag, in the province of Utrecht, LiveScience reports.
During the construction work, they dug up a medieval cooking pot that contained 12 gold and 462 silver coins. The coins have been dated to the 15th century. It's unclear at this point who will keep the coins.
After finding the pot, "it literally and figuratively rained coins," the company explained in a press release translated via Google Translate.
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TOPICS: History; Outdoors; Society; Travel
KEYWORDS: coins; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; haag; hoef; holland; medieval; middleages; netherlands; numismatics; renaissance; utrecht
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To: SunkenCiv
PinGGG!...................
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posted on
03/16/2018 1:49:03 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
To: Red Badger
shovel. and shut up.
they will see no profit from this...
poor saps.
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posted on
03/16/2018 1:50:28 PM PDT
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
To: teeman8r
Don’t know what the laws are in Holland concerning buried treasure.
In the UK, it goes to the sovereign, under the assumption it was illegally hidden.............
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posted on
03/16/2018 1:54:01 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
To: Red Badger
You sell them 1 at a time on eBay. As if you had them all your life. Last thing to do is to tell a European government what you found. Actually the same goes for The US too.
Be quiet and slowly slip the gold into circulation.
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posted on
03/16/2018 1:54:58 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
To: Vaquero
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posted on
03/16/2018 1:57:53 PM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: Vaquero
Or melt it down into a gold bar..............
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posted on
03/16/2018 1:58:25 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
To: Red Badger
Determining who the coins belong to is a no brainer. The leprechaun who owns them will soon come after them to claim his gold, and it will be violent. Didn’t they see the movie?
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posted on
03/16/2018 1:59:13 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(When words can mean anything, they can also mean nothing.)
To: Rurudyne
“What gold?”
Shut up and shovel!
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
That was a dumb movie.....................
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posted on
03/16/2018 2:01:08 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
To: Red Badger
In the UK, it goes to the sovereign, under the assumption it was illegally hidden............. Fortunately, The U.S. Constitution does not acknowledge "sovereigns."
Unfortunately, also, the nation is never likely ever to yield crocks of contain minted gold.
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posted on
03/16/2018 2:01:34 PM PDT
by
publius911
(Am I pissed? You have NO idea...)
To: publius911
Silver mostly but gold coins are still possible................
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posted on
03/16/2018 2:04:05 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
To: Red Badger
Numismatic value would double or triple or more, the value.
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posted on
03/16/2018 2:04:17 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
To: Rurudyne
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posted on
03/16/2018 2:05:46 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
To: forgotten man
“Sheriff, I’m old and out of shape. I couldn’t possibly be digging up stuff.”
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posted on
03/16/2018 2:06:08 PM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: Red Badger
To: Snickering Hound
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posted on
03/16/2018 2:08:07 PM PDT
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: Red Badger
In the UK, it goes to the sovereign, under the assumption it was illegally hidden............
If it is ruled by the coroner to be hidden, it is “treasure trove” and belongs to the sovereign. If it merely lost, it’s finders keepers. But, the sovereign plays fair. Anything the sovereign chooses to keep (usually national or local museums) gets paid for at fair market prices. All that is not kept belongs to the finders/land owners. If treasure trove were seized without compensation, no one would report it. This way the treasure can be studied for historical importance and the finders get rewarded.
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posted on
03/16/2018 2:09:34 PM PDT
by
hanamizu
To: Vaquero
People would ask questions..............
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posted on
03/16/2018 2:11:35 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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