It included a gold ducat of Sigismund III from 1593 – believed to be the only surviving coin of its type – that went for $360,000.
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Dog digs up huge haul of medieval coins in Poland
The bracteates – thin, single-sided coins – found near Wałbrzych are the first such find in more than a century.
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Trove of ninth-century Frankish silver coins unearthed in Poland
Over 130 Carolingian coins have now been found, but questions remain over how they got there.