# What are these 2 coins worth?

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**Created:** [May 9, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-2-coins-worth/833748 "2019-05-09T23:25:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-2-coins-worth/833748/1 "2019-05-09T23:25:58Z")

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> **[Mystery of Spanish coins found in Utah desert from the 1200s](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7009641/Mystery-Spanish-coins-Utah-desert-predate-Columbus-200-years.html#comments)**
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> Spanish treasure that predates the arrival of Columbus by 200 years has been found in Utah. The two coins, minted in Madrid, were found in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

Story sounds fishy, but would someone plant them there to create a “mystery” if they were really valuable coins?

I would think they would be rather valuable.

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**Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-2-coins-worth/833748/2 "2019-05-10T00:46:18Z")

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Age doesn’t make a coin valuable, rarity and interest does. For example, there are literally millions of old Roman era coins out there that you can get for pocket change.

Haven’t researched these coins, I’m sure they’re worth something decent, but probably even more to collectors if they are determined to be actually historic and not recently deposited where they were found.

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**Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-2-coins-worth/833748/3 "2019-05-10T09:42:20Z")

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One of them has been identified as a 16 maravedi. These are on sale through eBay at around $5.