The Largest Early Treasure of the Swedish Vikings
	Those Vikings were like working bees. A Viking treasure made of 472 ancient silver coins was found near Sweden's main international airport, Arlanda, Stockholm, last week, showing that Vikings used foreign currency much earlier than previously believed. The 1,150-year-old treasure comprises ... [read more >>]
	11 April 2008, 03:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How Modern Coins Appeared and the Richest Man of Antiquity
	When this treasure was buried, during the fifth century BC, western Turkey formed the kingdom of Lydia and its kings had the fame of being the world's richest monarchs. This was especially true for the last Lydian king, Croesus. Herodotus wrote about Lydia, Croesus and his inexpugnable capital, Sardes, said to be polished with gold and inside whose walls 20,000 to 50,000 persons had a luxury life. Obsessed with richness, ... [read more >>]
	25 March 2008, 11:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Dime That's Worth $1.9 Million
	The dime is a coin worth ten cents, or one tenth of a United States dollar, the smallest in diameter and thinnest of all currently circulating coins. These days, there's not much you can buy with a dime in the US, unless you happen to have an exclusive model, that's worth $1.9 million. The $1.9 million dime was produced at the stately Old Mint on Fifth Street, in San Francisco, and it is known as a Barber-style dime, featuri ... [read more >>]
	28 July 2007, 06:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Roman Coins Found on a Remote British Beach
	For the archaeologists, it has been a surprise to discover how powerful the influence of the Romans was in Britain. Ancient coins have been discovered on a beach in the Western Isles (Outer Hebrides), in the extreme northwest of Scotland. Archaeologists dated the pieces of copper alloy in a period around mid 4th Century, and all were discovered in a sand dune, but the location in the Uists has not been made public in order t ... [read more >>]
	13 July 2007, 07:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Spain Is Claiming the Recently Found World`s Largest Sunken Treasure
	The discovery of the greatest sunken treasure ever, estimated at $500 million, has just been announced, and things got heated up. Spain is already investigating whether the treasure was stolen from its waters or from a shipwrecked Spanish galleon, as announced by the Spanish government yesterday. The treasure was discovered by Odyssey Marine Exploration, a Florida-based treasure-hunting venture, on an undisclosed location in the Atlant ... [read more >>]
	22 May 2007, 03:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Biggest Sunken Treasure Ever Found $500 million
	Deep-sea explorers have encountered what seems to be the richest sunken treasure ever found: about 500,000 of colonial-era silver and gold coins, which could worth $500 million. The trove was discovered on a shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean. "For this colonial era, I think [the find] is unprecedented. I don’t know of anything equal or comparable to it", said rare coin expert Nick Bruyer, who was contracted by Tampa-based Odysse ... [read more >>]
	19 May 2007, 08:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia