Ancient coin hoard found in France - Largest ever in France

clackamas

Gaulish coin hoard is France’s biggest ever

direwolf1972

Cool story thanks.

Animalkeeper

That's what the Mint needs to do! Make an electrum commemmorative. As I recall it is a mixture, close to1:1, of gold and silver.

robkool

Intresting find... Thanks for sharing the story...

ricko

Very interesting... treasure stories are always exciting... Cheers, RickO

STONE

Very cool.

I love hearing finds like this

cladking

<< <i>That's what the Mint needs to do! Make an electrum commemmorative. As I recall it is a mixture, close to1:1, of gold and silver. >>



Gold often was found with a heavy silver concentration. The silver was very difficult
to extract in the early days so coins were often issued with highly variable amounts
of silver in them.

jayboxx

Thanks for sharing.

harvey85422458

Great story thanks for sharing

robkool

<< <i>That's what the Mint needs to do! Make an electrum commemmorative. As I recall it is a mixture, close to1:1, of gold and silver. >>



During the 1800's, Japan used this kind of precious metal to make their coins. Shaped like a rectangle called the "shu".
Consisted of half gold & half silver...

pb2y

These hoards will be found for centuries to come.
And the coins we hold today will be found in the same way.