A Walk in the European mountains It ended up becoming a dignified discovery of film. Two people walked through the forest in the Czech Republic came across a small aluminum boat and a hidden iron box. What seemed like a find minor ended up extraordinary: there was gold coins, jewels and objects of great historical and economic value.
Las gold coins found on this excursion They have an estimated price that exceeds $ 340,000 And they reveal a plot that connects the collapse of the Austrohungal Empire, the Gold Movement for Europe and the ornamental use of coins in Balcanic cultures. And as if that were not enough, who made the discovery They could receive a reward close to 10% of the total.
In total, I know They found 598 gold coins perfectly ordered in columns and wrapped in dark fabrics. Next to them, a collection of gold objects that includes 16 tobackets, 10 bracelets, a comb, a chain, a mesh bag and a compact of dust.
As reported by the Eastern Bohemia Museum, many of these coins were coined between 1808 and 1915under the reign of Francisco José I, within the Austro -Hungarian Empire. In addition, the specialist Vojtech Bardle explained that these currencies did not arrive directly from the Vienna Mint to the current Czech Republic.
-On the other hand, they traveled to the Balkans, where they received additional brands during the 20s and 30s, when they were already circulating in the then kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians. These countermarks prove that some currencies were reused as part of collars and tips typical of the region.
The treasure content not only impacts its economic value, but also by the variety of origin. The Coins and objects found come from countries such as France, Türkiye, Italy, Romania and Belgium.
That diversity raises a new question for the European archeology: Who hid this booty in the midst of the Czech mountains and why nobody claimed it for more than a century?
Currently, the Oriental Bohemia Museum is working on conservation and Classification of the pieces to exhibit them in a future sample. Meanwhile, the finding adds one more piece to the puzzle of the Europe of interwar and the hidden route of thousands of value objects that changed hands, and of borders, with each political transformation.
