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Stash of 19th century silver coins found at historic convict settlement in Tasmania (www.abc.net.au)

Prisoners at historic Port Arthur were not allowed to carry money. So how did a pile of silver shillings worth about a week’s salary for a prison officer end up buried under a convict blacksmith site?

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