Germander Speedwell
@GermanderS
Gatherer of lost knowledge
Explorer of Thames foreshores
Assembler of obscure collections
And observer of flora and fauna.
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07-09-2012 12:01:11
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Coin hoard discovered at Surrey Docks Farm! Found by builders clearing an area near the farm shop. Initial analysis suggests their collective street (shop) value may reach £0.70 (plus 4 Euro cents). Many date from last century (the 1990s); a few predate the farm itself. Contd...
Highlights of the Surrey Docks Farm coin hoard are this pre-farm 'New Penny' of 1971 - the first decimalised penny, and this French Euro 2 cents, dating from the period when the UK was part of the European Union, and that romantic faraway age of trans-European travel and tourism.