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Report treasure finds to the local coroner within 14 days - items officially defined as treasure, Portable Antiquities Scheme, inquest, valuation, rewards
How to report treasure or wreck - check it's treasure, find out who gets a share of the worth, what happens if a museum wants the treasure
The home of Treasure Valuation Committee on GOV.UK. The Treasure Valuation Committee (TVC), comprising of independent antiques or coin experts and a representative of the hobby of metal-detecting, establishes the likely market value of each treasure find.…
This series brings together all documents relating to Treasure and portable antiquities statistics
A consultation on proposals which would update the Treasure Act 1996 Codes of Practice, revise the Act’s definition of treasure and commence relevant provisions in the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.…
This is the eleventh Annual Report to Parliament on the operation of the Treasure Act 1996.
The following review concludes that there is a continuing role for the Treasure Valuation Committee (TVC) as an advisory non-departmental body…
Annual statistics of the number of objects of treasure found.
Proposal to introduce a legally binding mechanism into the export control process for retaining national treasures
This is the twelfth Annual Report to Parliament on the operation of the Treasure Act 1996.…
Research on options for a significance-based definition of treasure.…
Annual statistics of the number of objects of treasure found in 2013 (and the headline number for 2014).
Annual statistics of the number of objects of treasure found in 2018 (and the headline figures for 2019)…
Annual statistics of the number of objects of treasure found in 2015 (and the headline figure for 2016)
Annual statistics of the number of objects of treasure found in 2011 (and the headline number for 2012).
Annual statistics of the number of objects of treasure and portable antiquities in England and Wales in 2008.
Annual statistics of the number of objects of treasure found in 2016 (and the headline figures for 2017)
Annual statistics of the number of objects of treasure found in 2014 (and the headline figure for 2015)
Annual statistics of the number of objects of treasure found in 2019 (and the headline figures for 2020)…
Annual statistics of the number of objects of treasure found in 2012 (and the headline number for 2013).
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