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200 years ago, the gold denture was worth a lot and could buy half a village

According to foreign media reports, a 59 year old British man found a pair of dentures 200 years ago in the land. The denture holder is made of gold. The report points out that in March 2019, a 59 year old British man accidentally found a pair of teeth while looking for treasure with metal * * * on farmland in Oxfordshire. At first, he thought it was sheep's teeth. After cleaning, he found that it was in the shape of human teeth, and there was a tooth support made of gold on it.

The lower part of the tooth remains white, and the letters' WSF 'and' n435 'engraved on the gold bracket are still clearly visible.

Experts identified that this pair of dentures may be made from the teeth of hippos or walruses, plus gold dentures. Such a denture was worth 200-300 pounds at that time, and at that time, so much money was enough to buy half a village house.

It is reported that this pair of dentures will be auctioned on November 25, and it is estimated that it will fetch 3000 to 7000 pounds (about 27000 to 63000 yuan).

According to British law, the auction proceeds of the denture will be divided into three parts, half of which will go to the landowner who found the denture, the man will get a quarter, and his partner in charge of metal detection will get another quarter.