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By Melissa Snell, About.com Guide to Medieval History since 1997

Viking ingot discovered

Thursday September 25, 2008
It might look like a dead bug or a piece of very old wood, but it's actually a solid silver ingot that was found last year by treasure hunters in Bedfordshire, England. Measuring 45mms long and weighing 20 grams, the ingot could have purchased two cows in the ninth or tenth century. Find out more in the article by Paul Fisher at Luton Today, and see what you think this extremely rare find looks like.

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