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RARE CENTS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR UNCOVERED
Arthur Shippee forwarded this item from this week's Explorator newsletter. It was also recommended by Dick Johnson.
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It is believed they were minted in Gloucester in 1073-1076 and represent an unrecorded type of penny. Archaeologist Kurt Adams said the coins, which are just 0.8mm thick and about the size of a 10p piece, were incredibility rare. Reports of the coins are already exciting collectors because of their rarity, Mr Adams said. "Coins dating to the age of William I [William the Conqueror] are very rare finds, but these are unique," Mr Adams said.
To read the complete article, see:
Rare coins find excites experts
(news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/gloucestershire/8274509.stm)
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