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The E-Sylum: Volume 16, Number 37, September 8, 2013, Article 26

COIN FIND OF THE CENTURY DONATED TO ROMANIAN MUSEUM

The article from Romania describes a metal detectorist's giant find of Turkish coins, which he has donated to a museum. -Editor

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Iulian Enache, 34, found the hidden treasure in the wilderness near the city of Ramnicu Valcea with the help of a metal detector he had recently bought.

The 54-kilo treasury, which was buried 30 centimeters in the ground, is worth some EUR 0.5 million at current market prices.

However Enache, who is passionate about archaeology, donated his discovery to the History Museum in Bucharest, without asking for anything in return.

The museum’s experts have confirmed the coins were issued in the 15th century by the Ottoman Empire.

Director of the History Museum Ernest Oberländer-Târnoveanu said the discovery was the largest silver treasury ever found in Romania.

“It is the biggest treasury recovered by a public institution in Romania, not only in the last 20 years, but in the last 100 years,” he said.

I don't know what the treasure trove laws are in Romania, but regardless, this sounds like quite a magnanimous gesture on Enache's part. Wow! -Editor

To read the complete article, see: Young Romanian gives museum largest silver coin treasure ever found in the country (www.romania-insider.com/young-romanian-gives-museum-largest-silver-coin-treasure-ever-found-in-the-country/105935/)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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