Comments on: Finder of Viking Coin Treasure Gets $600,000 https://www.coinnews.net/2008/07/21/finder-of-viking-coin-hoard-gets-600000-4258/ CoinNews delivers the latest World and US coin news Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:36:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: andrew smith https://www.coinnews.net/2008/07/21/finder-of-viking-coin-hoard-gets-600000-4258/#comment-36420 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:36:01 +0000 http://www.coinnews.net/?p=817#comment-36420 av found a coin at the side of the river. its a gold coink got a vikin ship in the middle and the other sides got a a mans head on it hes got a beared and long ish hair. some of the words on the coin say { 6aahn } {hmokpatia} IN SMALL NUMBERS 20 THEN BIG NUMBERS 50 THEN SMALL NUMBERS 00 IF ANY BODT NO ANY THING ABOUT IT DROP ME A EMAIL.

]]> By: Jeff https://www.coinnews.net/2008/07/21/finder-of-viking-coin-hoard-gets-600000-4258/#comment-3066 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:11:19 +0000 http://www.coinnews.net/?p=817#comment-3066 Five years is a long time to wait. $600 K doesn’t seem to be a lot for a large hoard either.

That all seems to be a reason for someone to not declare their find. If we want to retain our heritage I would think officials everywhere should move more quickly to finalize things and encourage people to do more hunting.

Just my 2 cents, but $600K would be better.

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