Rescue excavations in Torzhok, Russia, uncovered 409 gold coins sealed in a ceramic pot beneath a destroyed home. The coins span dates from 1848 to 1911 and are believed to have been hidden during the 1917 Russian Revolution. Archaeologists confirm the find, but the identity and fate of the person who stashed them remains a mystery.
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