Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Giant vacuum sucks modern coins from ancient well

An amusing BBC story (no byline) on an English Heritage operation to remove coins tossed by tourists into Clifford's Tower in York.
Claire Hogan, the tower's operations manager, said: "We last emptied the well in May 2006, although it took us nearly two years to clean, sort and count the £1,000-worth of small change in there that had accumulated over 10 years, so we have made a conscious decision to empty the well more often.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi,

The tower itself was the probable location of the mediaeval regal mint (as opposed to the Archbishops mint)in York.

Regards,

Mauseus