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600-Year-Old Coin Hoard Unearthed in Smolensk Reveals Medieval Trade Between Lithuania, Bohemia, and Crimea
A hidden hoard of 15th-century coins has been discovered in Smolensk, Russia, during routine construction work. The cache of 48 silver coins includes the widely circulated Prague groschen—nicknamed the “Dollar of the Middle Ages”—a Lithuanian denarius struck under Vytautas the Great, and a rare Crimean dang from the Golden Horde. Together, these coins reveal how…