"Thirty Years War gold treasure found" Topic
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Formerly Regiment Games | 05 Jan 2019 8:16 a.m. PST |
I read a lot of finance stuff. Found this. Maybe the location info is interesting for a scenario designer? I think it is interesting that a horde now probably worth at least 1 million USD would have bought "two cows or a good horse" back then. link |
robert piepenbrink | 05 Jan 2019 8:32 a.m. PST |
That's the value of the coins, Formerly, not the value of the gold. "Dozens" of coins and "the largest of them weighs three grams" is not a lot of information. If we say two dozen coins and an average weight of two grams, we have 48 grams--so maybe $1,500. USD Anyone know what two cows or a good horse go for today? |
Formerly Regiment Games | 05 Jan 2019 8:38 a.m. PST |
Right, it's the collectible value, not the gold. It says 60 coins, so at 2 grams average that's 120, less than 4 ounces. Maybe $5,000. USD Yes, a "good" horse could go for that. |
Daniel S | 05 Jan 2019 8:38 a.m. PST |
Given that they give the value of the coins in "crowns" i.e Czech Koruna I don't think that the horde would reach a value of 1 million USD as the exchange rate is 1 USD to 22 CZK at the moment. Still the collectors value is far greater than the metal value, particularly when the coins are in this good condition. My guess is that the coins got buried when the Saxons invaded in 1631 or when the bulk of the Imperial army went into winter quarters in Bohemia in 1631-1632. "Friendly" soldiers in winter quarters had a lot of bad habits and in the worst cases their presence could be almost as bad as an enemy occupation. |
Formerly Regiment Games | 05 Jan 2019 8:57 a.m. PST |
Daniel, I did not check the exchange rate! Thanks. Still, it's maybe at least $100 USDk USD (if it's millions of crowns as mentioned), maybe 20x the metal value. |
Big Martin Back | 05 Jan 2019 9:57 a.m. PST |
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Grelber | 05 Jan 2019 10:22 a.m. PST |
I enjoyed the article, but scrolling to the bottom, there is a link to an article on medieval Czech roads, which was quite interesting. Unlike England, France, Italy, or Spain, there were no Roman roads to work from. The Czechs ended up with "bundles" of roads, a number of tracks and trails in a corridor perhaps half a kilometer wide. Makes me think of trails I've hiked where there are alternate routes, sometimes to avoid a seasonal mud hole, or the trails across the plains in the American West where, contrary to the movies, wagons frequently did not move in line, but spread out so they didn't have to eat the leaders' dust. I wonder how much this approach was used in non-Roman parts of Europe. Grelber |
14Bore | 05 Jan 2019 12:04 p.m. PST |
If there is one there is two Good luck hunting |
Dn Jackson | 06 Jan 2019 12:01 a.m. PST |
"Experts say they are particularly happy that the find was immediately reported and did not end up on the black market, which apparently happens often. The region's deputy governor responsible for culture told the Czech News Agency that he is ready to propose a reward worth 10 percent of the total price be given to the person who discovered the coins.' Gee, I wonder why these things end up on the black market. You can sell it and get the full value, or turn it in and get ten percent. I applaud the person who turned it in, but human nature being what it is, I'm not surprised people usually don't. |
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