Archaeology breakthrough as six 19th century coins discovered underneath HMS Victory
Ed Griffiths
A collection of six coins and tokens dating from the nineteenth century has been unearthed from beneath the foremast of HMS Victory in a major archaeological breakthrough. It comes as part of the warship's ongoing £42million restoration project at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. The artefacts came to light after conservators successfully lifted the foremast from Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson's legendary flagship during work on HMS Victory: The Big Repair. Andrew Baines, Executive Director of Museum Ope