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Money Talks hoards

08 Feb 2022

The Temple Newsam Hoard, a pot of 200 silver shillings and sixpences found by coal miners working on the Leeds estate in 1959. They were buried during the English Civil War, most likely to keep them out of the hands of enemy soldiers.

Money Talks hoards: The Temple Newsam Hoard, a pot of 200 silver shillings and sixpences found by coal miners working on the Leeds estate in 1959. They were buried during the English Civil War, most likely to keep them out of the hands of enemy soldiers.
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