The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 13, March 27, 2005, Article 11

MAN FINDS & REPLACES COIN IN OLD BUILDING

Dick Johnson writes: "A man working to conserve the ancient
Pembridge Market Hall in Herefordshire England found an
1806 penny in the foot of one of the building’s oak posts this
week. Not much news in that story. For centuries people
have put coins in the cornerstones of buildings that are later
discovered.

But the contractor, Barry Goodman, put it back – along with
a current one-pound coin. Dog bites man, man bites dog –
that’s news.

To read the full BBC story, with a photo of the workman
and the coins, see: Full Story

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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