MYSTERIOUS FIND
A few days ago Mr. Batty, of Featherston, made a curious find. He was splitting a log of wood where two branches had crossed, and on the limbs bursting apart, something flew out which he thought at first was a bottle crown-top. On picking it up and examining it he found it to be a Queen Elizabeth shilling bearing the date of 1582. The coin is- well preserved, but how it came to be in the block of wood will probably be a mystery 1 for all titte.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 107, 2 November 1933, Page 12
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90MYSTERIOUS FIND Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 107, 2 November 1933, Page 12
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