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I wonder if they have a high lead content.
Stern Voice:
Coin must be given to people’s republic ...
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or it was some kooky chinese mountain man stockpiling coins for the impending revolution. maybe they'll find a will and find that he left the coins to leona's dog.
The coins have been confiscated to be shared with the peoplle. The maan finding them has been giving a free bowl of rice.
Made at the Thomas The Train factory.They had open manufacturing time.
How retentive of them ...
Wow! I know how the man in Qianwanhu village must feel. I found an old American coin in my basement that's been here since the house was built. (:^D)
1.5 tons of Yap coin.
How come stuff like this never happens to me?
Extremely interesting. Thank you.
But can they fit in parking meters?
If not, they are not any good to me. :)
1.5 tons = 3,000 pounds.
10,000 coins.
They averaged .33 pounds (5 ounces) in weight? That’s some big coins!
Proof that the peoples who crossed the Bering Straits in prehistoric times had established casinos in the old country first...
I wonder if the villager gets anything out of this other than a “Well done comrade, we will take it from here and remove the stress of this great nuisance from you. You must be grateful to the People’s Republic that you don’t have to worry about it anymore.”
Hopefully he took out most of the coins and buried them somewhere else before reporting the rest to the commies.
“..belonged to rich people who buried them during war but had forgotten.”
I am far from being rich, but I am trying like hell to remember where I buried my coins if I ever did.
I guess they found Al Gore’s ‘lockbox’.
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Just an FYI...a friend's husband owns one of those free standing wash your own car places...and he has these big canister vacs. Well (kinda gross) but my friend says he 'sifts' thru the debris...and gets $100s of dollars in coins each year. Also some pieces of lost jewelry that just get vacuumed up. Quite the treasure trove (but stinky no doubt).