Gold and silver coins found in Wrexham declared treasure

[Neil]

A hoard of medieval gold and silver coins found in Wrexham has been declared treasure.

Three gold and 25 silver English coins from the reigns of Edward III, Richard II and Henry VI, along with three pennies, were found near Bronington.

The coins were found in 2013 by Cliff Massey, and a gold ring was also found by Mr Massey and Peter Walpole in 2014.

Wrexham County Borough Museum has expressed an interest in acquiring the coins and the ring.

National Museum Wales said the earliest coins, from the the reign of Edward I or II, were struck between 1280 and 1327 and are considerably worn through use.

Those from the era of Henry VI (1422-61) are relatively unworn and it is thought all the coins come from a single hoard which was lost or deposited after 1465.

It is not known what era the pennies are from.

Steve Grenter, heritage services manager at Wrexham museum, said: "We have relatively little material relating to the period of the Wars of the Roses, so the hoard would be a significant addition to our archaeological collections."

[hotmill]

Thanks for that, very interesting. Nice finds and good if they stay in the area where they were found.

[probono]

A great find there.

it begs the question for me though - where are the rest of the silver coins from my hoard? (unless they were dug up by other people over the years.......)

[hotmill]

A great find there.

it begs the question for me though - where are the rest of the silver coins from my hoard? (unless they were dug up by other people over the years.......)

Things get found over the years by the farmers as well. My Dad has a collection of coins and buckles given to him by his Grandfather who found them in fields when he was ploughing, Lizzie groats, Tudor buckles, Bullheads, picked up from behind the plough.

[Val Beechey]

I had a look to see roughly where they were found.  It's only a few miles away from where John and his mate have gone to a model flying show for the week-end.
Once again it proves, you never know.  Thanks for posting Neil.

[nonker10]

1465 it just shows how long some of those ed 1+11 pennies floated about for.can you imagine what a pound coin would look like after that amount of time.

[dingdong]

What beautiful craftsmanship, even moreso considering what tools they had to work with,truly amazing !!