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OVER 100,000 ANCIENT COINS FOUND IN HIDDEN CACHE [Japan]
Heritage Daily ^
| 16 November 2023
| Staff
Posted on 11/17/2023 12:00:30 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: SunkenCiv
Tax man........................
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posted on
11/17/2023 12:00:58 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
Chinese coins spanning more than a thousand years. Perhaps they belonged to a collector.
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posted on
11/17/2023 12:08:51 PM PST
by
jimtorr
To: Red Badger
Weird that they don’t say what type of metal. Silver? Bronze?
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posted on
11/17/2023 12:10:00 PM PST
by
Neanderthal
("Knowledge is good" - Emil Faber)
To: Neanderthal
They appear to be either copper or bronze (if they are typical Chinese cash coins).
To: Neanderthal
Bronze most likely...............
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posted on
11/17/2023 12:21:43 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: jimtorr
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posted on
11/17/2023 12:23:21 PM PST
by
ComputerGuy
(Heavily-medicated for your protection)
To: jimtorr
But why are they in Japan?...............
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posted on
11/17/2023 12:23:22 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
LET'S A GO!!!
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posted on
11/17/2023 12:25:00 PM PST
by
Ciaphas Cain
(America will need de-liberalization just as Germany had de-nazification.)
To: Red Badger
Maybe the stash belonged to an international trader or company that did business in China?
From some wikipedia research, it seems that 1000 of those coins was equivalent to a silver tael (which was approximately a British Pound sterling).
From 1600s-1700s, 4-5 of those coins would buy you about 1 pound of rice.
To: Red Badger
It looks like a spin wheel for a 3/8 Ratchet.
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posted on
11/17/2023 12:34:59 PM PST
by
Revel
To: Red Badger; SunkenCiv
So ancient Japan had vending machines and pachinko parlors too, huh?
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posted on
11/17/2023 12:42:01 PM PST
by
Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: Revel
Per wikipedia "
Most Chinese coins were produced with a square hole in the middle. This was used to allow collections of coins to be threaded on a square rod so that the rough edges could be filed smooth, and then threaded on strings for ease of handling."
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posted on
11/17/2023 12:57:47 PM PST
by
z3n
(Kakistocracy)
To: Red Badger
A lot of cash in that cache.
To: Red Badger
So some of those coins were over a thousand years old when collected? Amazing.
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posted on
11/17/2023 1:04:19 PM PST
by
ComputerGuy
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To: ComputerGuy
Makes you wonder what happened to the guy that buried them..................
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posted on
11/17/2023 1:05:25 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
He was a serious hoarder/collector.
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posted on
11/17/2023 1:09:38 PM PST
by
ComputerGuy
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To: Red Badger
A LOT of sediment over those coins.
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posted on
11/17/2023 1:10:01 PM PST
by
21twelve
(Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
To: Red Badger
44 different types in a sample set of only 334 coins is amazing.
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posted on
11/17/2023 1:13:52 PM PST
by
ComputerGuy
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To: ComputerGuy
Scrooge-eson................
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posted on
11/17/2023 1:17:13 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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