DISCOVERY CHALLENGES OFFICIAL PROBATE

Could a probate court have undervalued the wealth of a prominent German mayor when he died in 1675? Why are we questioning this value almost 350 years later? It appears Wettin Mayor Johann Dondorf may have salted away more than the 2,500 silver talers and 500 gold ducats, the courts ruled he had at the time of his death. The recent discovery of 285 silver coins encountered in a trench as workers installed a new sewer line at a farmstead appears to prove this to be true. Wettin is a municipality in Wettin-Löbejün in the Saale District of Saxony-Anhalt. The municipality is situated on the River Saale, just north of Halle. The rulers of the Wettin dynasty were electors of the Holy Roman Empire. Johann Dondorf lived in the house where the hoard…

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World Coin News (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2024

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