During a construction project in Germany's Black Forest, more than 1,500 medieval silver coins were unearthed. Workers had been laying down pipes near a swimming pool in the municipality of ...

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.

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Germany: Memories of a Nation Fragments of Power Coins reveal the diversity of the Holy Roman Empire Some of the 200 or so currencies struck in the different territories of Germany.

The coins span multiple mints through Germany, Switzerland ... the minting activity in the mints, the silver trade, but also about the mining in the Glottertal,” Haasis-Berner said.