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Thursday, January 17, 2013

The largest hoard of Iron Age coins ever found in Europe

Up to 70,000 coins and ornaments 

In June 2102, the largest hoard of Iron Age coins ever found was discovered in Jersey, one of the English Channel Islands. It is the third and largest hoard found at the secret location by Reg Mead and Richard Miles who have been searching the area for thirty years after a farmer's daughter told how her father had found some coins when uprooting a tree. The coins had the "head of an Indian chief" on one side and a horse on the other. Reg and Richard knew this probably meant the coins were Iron Age.