Tudor coins dedicated to three of Henry VIII's wives found in family garden

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An important hoard of Tudor coins – some of which shine light on the marriage history of Henry VIII – has been found by a somewhat startled family weeding their garden.

The British Museum revealed details on Wednesday of discoveries registered to its Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS), the majority of which are made by the nation’s army of metal-detecting enthusiasts.

This year there has been an increase in garden finds, including two significant coin hoards: the Tudor coins in the New Forest, and 50 apartheid-era South African gold coins dug up in a back garden in the Milton Keynes area.

Ian Richardson, the treasure registrar at the museum, said people had obviously been spending more time in their garden, “resulting in completely unexpected archaeological discoveries”.

That was certainly the case for the unnamed New Forest family who dug up 63 gold coins and one silver coin dating from the 15th and 16th centuries. “They were out turning up the soil and all of a sudden these coins popped out of the ground … miraculously,” said Richardson. “It is quite a shocking find for them and very interesting for us.”

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/dec/09/tudor-coins-dedicated-to-three-of-henry-viiis-wives-found-in-family-garden

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That's so cool! I'd love to find one of those someday  

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