MEDIEVAL COIN FIND IN UPPER AUSTRIA

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The E-Sylum: Volume 24, Number 44, October 31, 2021, Article 19

MEDIEVAL COIN FIND IN UPPER AUSTRIA

A hoard of some 6,000 medieval coins has been discovered in Upper Austria. -Editor

More than 6,000 silver coins from the late Middle Ages were discovered during a renovation project on a farm in the village of Rainbach, Upper Austria.

The silver coins, which were handed over to the OÖ Lande-Kultur GmbH museum in Upper Austria, also known as Linz Schlossmuseum, were wrapped in fabric and kept in a clay lidded pot, the museum said.

The statement said that the exact time of the concealment is not yet known. What is certain, however, is that it is from the second half of the 15th century and consists of different types of coins that were then in circulation in the country as a means of payment.

The museum gave details about the different coins they found.

On the one hand, these were pfennigs and their half-pieces, called ‘halves;' on the other hand, larger coins worth several pfennigs, mainly ‘Prague groschen' imported from Bohemia and some Milanese pegioni, popularly called ‘snake groschen' after the coat of arms, and Tiroler Kreuzer, a type of coin of particularly high quality, the museum said.

It is unclear whether the coins that were recently discovered will go on display at the museum.

To read the complete article, see:
Priceless cache of 6,000 ancient coins found under farm (https://komonews.com/news/offbeat/priceless-cache-of-6000-ancient-coins-found-under-farm)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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