The "Project" is, of course, the Temple Mount Sifting Project, on which more here and oh so many links.
This article has lots of background on the YHD coins, including that they apparently have been used as partial inspiration for the design of the new Israeli shekel. Cross-file under Numismatics.
The Temple Mount Sifting Project is still looking for funding!
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