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The Abergavenny Hoard - Article

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In April 2002 three metal-detectorists had the find of their lives in a field near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire: a scattered hoard of 199 silver pennies.......

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Great read. :g38:

Cheers for the post. :g50:

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Oh My!! What a wonderful find and interesting to read about the cleaning technique too - thanks Phil :g50:

199! I would just like to find one :g58: :g42:
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Great read, thanks for posting this Phil....... :g50:
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Cheers :g50:

Didn't they clean up well with the infrared laser :D
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PhilD wrote:Cheers :g50:

Didn't they clean up well with the infrared laser :D
Yes sounds like an expensive bit of kit :g58: Do Regtons have it in stock :g42:
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Thanks for the post Phil :g50:

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That's another great find, well done to the finders :g50:

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Blimey.

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Cheers Phil.
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How great to flip through some of those coins, all pretty unusual in their own right. Rare to see so many displayed together so thanks for posting phil.
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Cheers gents, the beauty about hoard coins is they are normally unclipped and unworn :D
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