The personal objects found with the coins, including the snuff boxes and compact, may be key to resolving the mystery. The stash contained a mix of items used by both men and women, and given how ...

This box is engraved with the name of Sir Roland Hill, the originator of the standardised Penny Post system that was used nationwide. Comments are closed for this object What's this? Most of the ...

Inside the dirty and corroding containers were 598 gold coins wrapped in black fabric, 10 metal bracelets, 16 metal snuff boxes, a comb, a chain, a wire bag and a powder compact. Local media ...

To steel himself for the long evening ahead, Lennon raided the portable pharmacy he kept in a small silver snuff box in search of an “upper” — anything to keep him awake. Instead ...

April 18 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1506, the cornerstone was placed for St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. In 1775, U.S. patriot Paul Revere began his famous ride through the Massachusetts ...

The hikers while hiking found an aluminium can filled with 16 snuff boxes, 10 bracelets, a wire bag, a comb, a chain and a powder compact, all made of yellow metal. The coins found in the box are ...

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Picnics are a favorite way to celebrate the spring weather. But most of us wouldn’t pack ours in a box like this one, which sold for $2,560 at an auction by Nye & Company. This five-tiered ...

Inside, they discovered 598 gold coins wrapped in black cloth. Nearby, they found an iron box filled with 16 snuff boxes, 10 bracelets, a wire bag, a comb, a chain, and a powder compact — all made of ...

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Inside, they discovered 598 gold coins wrapped in black cloth. Nearby, they found an iron box filled with 16 snuff boxes, 10 bracelets, a wire bag, a comb, a chain, and a powder compact — all made of ...

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