Latin Monetary Union, 1865-1927

[Flegiàs]

while working in the fields, my father sometimes found old coins in the ground, like these in the photo: an italian 10 cents of 1866 and a greek 10 lepta of 1869. those were the years of "latin monetary union", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Monetary_Union" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; , a sort of ancient euro zone! the two coins are very similar, and their value was the same. have you ever found old foreign coins in the fields of your country?

[Flegiàs]

the other side :

[Angelino]

Yes, in Spain you often can find french coins and, sometimes, other like italian ones in the places where old spanish coins (specially 5 cts, 10 cts from 1868 to 1870, etc...) are found.

[Jes]

Wow!

I had no idea about this!! And it is SO INTERESTING!! Thanks for sharing!

[maarsy]

yes , i filled mi vacations doing renovation works ( often digging around fundations ) i found a more than once coins from around the time the building dated