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A rare penny that depicts a 12th century Scottish king will be put on display in honour of King Charles III's coronation. Discovered by an amateur detectorist, the silver coin features Malcolm IV ...
Amateur metal detectorists in Scotland have discovered a 600-year-old treasure trove of gold and silver coins they're calling ...
A selection of the 15th-century silver and gold coins found at the Cappercleuch site in Scotland. . | Credit: Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service Amateur metal detectorists in Scotland have ...
A rare medieval coin which was unearthed by an amateur detectorist is to go on show to mark the King’s coronation. The silver penny, which depicts Malcolm IV of Scotland, is to be exhibited in ...
The discovery contains a mixture of Scottish, English, Irish and continental silver. The majority of the 8,407 coins are Edward I and II pennies and are believed to be worth hundreds of thousands ...
Some of the coins were English groats minted by Kings Henry V and Edward IV, while others were Scottish gold demys and half-demys issued by Kings James I and James II. “Coin hoards containing a ...
A £50,000 reward is being offered over the unsolved theft of a batch of early Scottish coins that were stolen 17 years ago. More than 1,000 coins from the 12th and 13th centuries were taken from ...
Here’s how it works. Metal detectorists have unearthed what may be one of the largest hoards of coins ever discovered in Scotland, in a field in the southwest of the country. The hoard is made ...
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DUNSCORE, SCOTLAND—A hoard of silver coins was discovered last year by metal detectorists in a field in southwestern Scotland, according to a Live Science report. The metal detectorists reported ...