On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Andrew West <andrewcwest@gmail.com> wrote:
On 18 April 2011 16:19, Chris Keating <chriskeatingwiki@gmail.com> wrote:
> If anyone's looking for a quick new article to create, there is a really
> lovely story about a treasure buried in Hackney in 1940 which was found & is
> currently on display at the BM but is about to be reunited with the family
> of the person who buried it.
> Am sure an article would be much appreciated by the BM and the Portable
> Antiquities Scheme, as well as being a gimme for DYK and maybe In The News.

It is already included in
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hoards_in_Britain> and there is
one picture on Commons already
(http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:American_gold_double-eagles_from_Hackney.jpg),
but I saw that a picture of the hoard in a jam jar was uploaded to
flickr a couple of days ago
(http://www.flickr.com/x/t/0185003/photos/finds/5621551085/).
Personally, I don't think that it is notable enough for an article (no
archaeological, historical or numismatic significance), which is why I
didn't make an article for it at the time it was discovered.

It's very rare that a treasure hoard is recent enough that the descendents of the owner can be found, so I would say it has some historical significance. But it's just a thought.

Chris