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Researchers tested 49 medieval coins, finding the older ones were minted from silver Byzantine goods and the newer ones were made of silver mined in western France. (The Fitzwilliam Museum / University of Cambridge)

Medieval English Coins Were Made With Melted Byzantine Silver

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