Box of chocolates over a century old sells for £500

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A tin of 122 year old chocolates has sold at auction for £500.

The Rowntree’s product contained several bars of chocolate and was recently found in a box of junk in someone’s attic.

The tin, with it's contents fully intact, had been produced during the reign of Queen Victoria who commissioned the bars to be sent to British troops fighting in the Boer War.

According to Metro, the tin is likely to have belonged to the homeowner’s grandfather, who fought in the war and received the gift, but never ate the chocolate.

The tin is decorated with a picture of Queen Victoria, her insignia and the words ‘South Africa 1900’.

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