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To: beaversmom

I read elsewhere that the authorities took the coin and gave her a certificate of appreciation for finding it. She didn’t even get a t-shirt, let alone a decent fraction of what the coin is worth.


3 posted on 08/27/2017 6:39:56 AM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: coloradan

That’s what governments do - take and give nothing of value in return


15 posted on 08/27/2017 7:18:54 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: coloradan
I think this law is like the UK’s on antiquities...
21 posted on 08/27/2017 8:03:12 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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