Cleaning His Grandparents House Led to a Strange Discovery

Appraisal Praise

They knew they had something strange on their hands, so the siblings decided to have their findings appraised. They brought the box to the Tampa Bay History Center. A curator named Rodney Kite-Powell took a look at the coins and hand to see what secrets they held. "They’re a little thin to be Spanish Coins or old coins in general," said Rodney "Generally, older coins were thicker." So, what were they really?

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