Massive treasure from 1600s revealed inside German church statue

 

St Andrews-church in Eisleben, Germany.© (photo credit: Harald Lueder. Via Shutterstock)

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Restorers at St. Andrew's Church in Eisleben, Germany, announced the discovery of a hoard of 17th-century coins hidden within a statue during restoration work. The treasure, 2,584 coins, was found two years ago but was only disclosed after detailed examinations and documentation were completed.

During the restoration of a sandstone statue in the Gothic church, workers uncovered the coins concealed in a cavity within the leg of the figure. The hoard includes gold and silver coins from the 17th century, along with approximately 800 pennies.

"This is an incredible story," said Ulf Dräger, curator of the State Coin Cabinet of Saxony-Anhalt. "It is hard to believe that the treasure was not discovered earlier," he remarked, according to CafeF.

The treasure consists of four bags containing 816 coins, among them gold coins known as golden angels, ducal gold coins, double gold coins, silver coins such as thalers, half thalers, quarter thalers, and hundreds of pennies. The most valuable gold pieces were wrapped in paper and labeled in a way that indicates the money belongs to the church's treasury.

Dräger explained that the person who hid the treasure placed "the four bags" in a cavity in the leg of the sandstone statue, which is part of a lamentation of a countess and count, according to Newsbomb.

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