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.

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Coins from the German Occupation of Guernsey, Victorian times, and the 20th century come to light during a pub refurbishment, ...