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Description: | electrotype copy of item from Fishpool Treasure Trove, Notts. 1966. Web information posted in 2003 when the top 10 of British treasures was listed as part of a promotion for the Portable Antiquities Scheme. The original specimen was found with the following. 'The biggest find of gold coins ever made in Britain. In 1966, a horde of gold coins and jewellery was found during building work in the village of Fishpool. It is likely that the coins were planted early in 1464, and were possibly Lancastrian war funds. The hoard is currently held in the British Museum in London and is listed as one of their top ten 'treasures'.' The original hoard consisting of jewellery (4 rings, 4 pieces of jewellery and two chains) and 1,237 coins (the largest collection of gold coins found in Britain) were found on a building site at Fishpool, Ravenshead, near Newstead Abbey on 22nd March 1966.
Mr Beeton, one of the finders, received £1,485. 85 coins were retained by him and 4 given to Mr Welham, another of the party. Four other finders were deemed by the jury to have concealed their findings, rather than using the proper chanels. As a result they were each awarded much less than the value of their findings.
Accession number: NCM 1969-148/4 | Subjects: | replicas jewellery | Temporal: | 1540-1560 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | maker of original; electrotype maker | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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