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Kristel Tjandra

Massive medieval coin hoard worth 'about 150 sheep' discovered in Germany's Black Forest

Coin hoard from the medieval time found in Glottertal, Germany.

Archaeologists in Germany have unearthed more than 1,500 medieval silver coins after a citizen unexpectedly noticed what looked like "small metal plates" while digging during a construction project. 

The discovery "is the biggest treasure since 1949 in the region of Freiburg," Andreas Haasis-Berner, an archaeologist at the State Office for Monument Preservation in Stuttgart, told Live Science in an email. 

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