Dug up in a Midlands field, a £1m 'perfect' US threepenny
When it was minted 350 years ago, there wouldn’t have been much change from a slap-up meal and a few of pints of ale.
Today the silver threepenny coin that amateur treasure-hunter John Stoner dug up in a farmer’s field would probably buy the entire farm.
The extremely rare New England coin, bearing the date 1652, is expected to sell for up to £1million when it is auctioned.
It has been hailed as one of the finest examples of a currency produced in the days of the Pilgrim Fathers in a land that would become the United States.
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Minted! Dug up in a Midlands field, a £1m 'perfect' US threepenny bit from the time of Pilgrim Fathers | Mail Online
When it was minted 350 years ago, there wouldn’t have been much change from a slap-up meal and a few of pints of ale.
Today the silver threepenny coin that amateur treasure-hunter John Stoner dug up in a farmer’s field would probably buy the entire farm.
The extremely rare New England coin, bearing the date 1652, is expected to sell for up to £1million when it is auctioned.
It has been hailed as one of the finest examples of a currency produced in the days of the Pilgrim Fathers in a land that would become the United States.
More at the link...
Minted! Dug up in a Midlands field, a £1m 'perfect' US threepenny bit from the time of Pilgrim Fathers | Mail Online
