Four bags of money hidden around 1640 and worth "much more than a craftsman could earn in a year" have been found inside a statue at a Gothic church in Germany.

Archaeologists in Germany have unearthed more than 1,500 medieval silver coins after a citizen unexpectedly noticed what looked like "small metal plates" while digging during a construction project.

But when you press silver into currency, melt value and spot price go out the window, and today, the world’s most coveted silver coins are worth ... iconic coin. Discovered in Germany in 1884 ...