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The Balle Hoard was discovered on 12 February 1968 when a bulldozer worked on the construction of a new parking lot at Balle Post Office. It was found by the construction workers Marius Jensen (Attrup Kær) and
Charles Sørensen (Ny Balle). Agnete Jørgensen from Balle Post Office assisted them
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The Balle Hoard was discovered just 30 cm (12 in) below the surface of the ground. The objects were placed in a wooden trough or tray. Many of the larger silver coins were together with the small silver cup, the silver cross and the silver belt placed inside the tankard.
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The Balle Hoard comprises a total of 12,121 coins. 11,569 of them are Danish coins struck during the reigns of
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