MD'er unearths second hoard of his life

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pcgs69

wow, that's really cool to see that. wonder if the person buried them to rid of the evidence

ricko

I was thinking perhaps the individual who buried them, was caught with a lessor

amount and received his punishment. Likely no bail at that time, so could not retrieve

his hidden treasure. Cheers, RickO

lordmarcovan

Originally posted by: ricko

I was thinking perhaps the individual who buried them, was caught with a lessor

amount and received his punishment. Likely no bail at that time, so could not retrieve

his hidden treasure. Cheers, RickO

This was my thought, too. Whoever did that was not subtle- usually medieval silver coins got "clipped" or "shaved" in slighter, more gradual (and therefore less detectable) ways. For so much of the lettering to be visible on the shavings, somebody was being rather greedy!



He or she might've gotten caught, and woe was them when the nasty penalty came down.



"No bail"? Huh. In those days, no survival, more like. The Crown's men didn't play when it came to counterfeiters and money clippers back then! The owner of this hoard likely swung from the hanging tree and that's why it never got recovered.



But that certainly makes the mystery all the more intriguing.

ricko

I agree LordM.... likely hung within a week or two. They had real justice back then.

Cheers, RickO