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Nine Year Old Boy Finds Buried Treasure of Medieval Silver Coins in Sweden

by The Local on April 29, 2008 · 1 comment

Nine-year-old Alexander Granhof and his grandfather Jens have made what is believed to be the largest ever find in southern Sweden of silver coins from the Middle Ages. Alexander and his granddad were out exploring the site of the Battle of Lund (1676) when the boy happened on some silver coins coated in verdigris. The […]

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