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unusual facts about gold coins



Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby

California owes its name to the discovery of some 16th-century gold coins on the beach in 1848, at a time when the California gold rush had captured the attention of the world.


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Beaurains

However, a silver candelabra, gold coins and some jewellery from the treasure are in the British Museum.

Corbridge Hoard

The Corbridge Hoard is a hoard of mostly iron artefacts that was excavated in 1964 within the Roman site of Coria, next to what is now Corbridge, Northumberland, England (not to be confused with a hoard of gold coins found nearby in 1911).

Gold coin

The European Commission publishes annually a list of gold coins which must be treated as investment gold coins in all EU Member States.

In the United Kingdom, HM Revenue and Customs have added an additional list of gold coins alongside the European Commission list.

Günter Felke

As a collector of roman, medieval and modern gold coins from the Rhineland, he presented a large collection of rare exhibits to museums in Veldenz, Simmern and Heidelberg.

Gupta script

Many other such hoards have since been discovered, the most important being the Bayana ( situated in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan) hoard, discovered in 1946, which contained more than 2000 gold coins issued by the Gupta Kings.

Haltwhistle

The gold coins were, one of Claudius Caesar, reverse Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus; one of Nero and one of Vespasian.

Leslie Gonda

Beyond this, he has donated to the City of Hope Cancer Center and is known for his generosity in giving gold coins to his employees' children.

Mandarin orange

Saint Nicholas is said to have put gold coins into the stockings of three poor girls so that they would be able to afford to get married.

Rainbow cup

Rainbow cup (German: Regenbogenschüsselchen, Czech: duhovka from duha - rainbow) is a term for Celtic gold coins found in areas once dominated by the La Tène culture.

Robert Pakington

In 1559 Foxe claimed that John Stokesley, a former Bishop of London 'had paid a priest sixty gold coins to carry out the murder'.

Supreme Court of Nevada

As for the $4,000 in gold coins, the money was never recovered and legend has it that the treasure remains buried somewhere in the vicinity of Jarbidge, Nevada.

Swiss franc

In addition to these general circulation coins, numerous series of commemorative coins have been issued, as well as silver and gold coins.