 | On March 29, 2012 news broke of the Ackworth Hoard. Dr Owen Johnson, 53, was inspecting building work at his home in High Ackworth last July when he spotted a ceramic pot poking out of the earth. The pot cracked in two spilling out gold and silver coins “like a slot machine.” Containing 52 gold and 39 silver coins, it is thought the jar had been buried for 300 years, probably at the height of the English Civil War. |  |
 | The earliest coin is a gold half sovereign of Edward VI minted in 1547-9, and the latest are Charles I silver coins minted in 1645-6. Most of the coins are English coins of Elizabeth I, James I and Charles I. The Hoard also includes a few Scottish and Irish coins, and ducatoons from the Spanish Netherlands. | 
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 | As well as the coins, the treasure includes a single gold ring with the inscription: 'When this you see, Remember me.' The hoard was valued at £54,492 and Wakefield Council managed to raise the money after donations from various groups to keep the items locally. |  |
