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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Dorset couple find 17th-century treasure hoard while renovating kitchen

Coins on display with one in gloved hand
The treasure contains James I and Charles I gold coins, silver half crowns, shillings and sixpences; and Elizabeth I and Phillip and Mary silver shillings and sixpences. Photograph: ZacharyCulpin/BNPS

Renovating a kitchen can be expensive but a couple from Dorset have found it to be a lucrative exercise after they discovered more than 1,000 17th-century coins hidden under the floor.

Betty and Robert Fooks were removing the kitchen’s concrete floor to create more ceiling height at their farmhouse in Dorset when Robert, an agricultural engineer, discovered a smashed glazed pottery bowl full of 400-year-old coins.

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