A museum in Upper Austria has obtained <a href="https://katu.com/news/offbeat/priceless-cache-of-6000-ancient-coins-found-under-farm">a set of silver coins from the late Middle Ages.</a> More than 6,000 coins were discovered during a renovation in Rainbach, Upper Austria. The old currency was wrapped in fabric and hidden inside a clay pot, according to the OÖ Lande-Kultur GmbH museum.&nbsp;The hidden stash contained different kinds of coinage, which are the following:&nbsp;<blockquote>-‘halves,’ which <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfennig">pfennigs</a> and their half-pieces,&nbsp;-‘<a href="https://ceskamincovna.cz/en/history-of-czech-coins---prague-groschen-stand-1797-10591-d/">Prague groschen</a>,’ larger coins from Bohemia&nbsp;-‘<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_schilling">snake groschen</a>,’ also known as Milanese pegioni-Tiroler Kreuzer, a type of coin of high quality</blockquote>Both the owner and the total value of the coins remain unknown and will be the subject of scientific study. Image credit: Michael Maritsch/Zenger#Coin #Currency #AncientCurrency #MiddleAges #Artifacts #UpperAustria&nbsp;

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