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The E-Sylum: Volume 26, Number 16, April 16, 2023, Article 24

18TH CENTURY GOLD COINS FOUND IN POLAND

Some 18th century gold coins have been found in Wroclaw, Poland. -Editor

  18th Century Gold Coin Found in Poland

ARCHAEOLOGISTS EXCAVATING IN THE POLISH CITY OF WROCLAW HAVE DISCOVERED GOLD COINS DATING FROM THE 18TH CENTURY.

The discovery was made in the historical Przedmiescie Mikolajskie district, located west of the medieval city centre. During the 12th and 13th century, this part of the city was the former location of the villages of Nabitin and Stapin.

According to the excavation team, in the years 1768-1783, the area was developed for the Ravelin bastion fortifications by the Prussians, where archaeologists found mass graves related to the annexation of the city during the War of the Austrian Succession by the Prussians.

The War of the Austrian Succession (known in German as the Österreichischer Erbfolgekrieg) was a European conflict that occurred predominantly in Central Europe, the Austrian Netherlands, Italy, the Atlantic, and the Mediterranean.

Habsburg Empress, Maria Theresa, ceded most of the territory in the Treaty of Breslau in 1742 to Prussia. According to the treaty's terms, Maria Theresa surrendered the majority of the Silesian duchies to Prussia, with the exception of the Duchy of Teschen, the Troppau and Krnov districts situated south of the Opava river, and the southern region of the Duchy of Nysa, which were designated as the province of Austrian Silesia.

Excavations of the graves revealed gold coins, including: a gold ducat of the Republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands from 1748, a gold ducat from 1750 of Francis I Stephen of Lorraine, and a 1750 half a gold sovereign of his wife Maria Theresa Habsburg.

All three coins have been given to the City Museum in Wroclaw for exhibition to the public.

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To read the complete article, see:
EXCAVATION LEADS TO DISCOVERY OF GOLD COINS (https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/excavation-leads-to-discovery-of-gold-coins/146925)

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