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Huge Iron Age haul of coins found
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| 17 January 2009
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Posted on 01/18/2009 6:47:45 AM PST by csvset
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Gold !
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posted on
01/18/2009 6:47:46 AM PST
by
csvset
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
01/18/2009 6:48:46 AM PST
by
csvset
To: csvset
Not the first time that a clay pot of full of coins has been found that was buried in an English field.
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posted on
01/18/2009 7:02:10 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: csvset
I fully understand the archaeological impulse to hunt for items of antiquity...the first time I ever picked up a stone age projectile point(arrowhead)I was hooked...it’s a hobby that I’ve enjoyed for 20 years now...America is covered with lithic debris; some of which is 12,000 years old...when you make a find you can’t help but wonder about the person who made it.
To: csvset
... a farm worker unearthed between 800 and 2,000 gold staters in a field ...
800 to 2000 is quite a spread. Somebody can't count? Suspicious events?
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01/18/2009 7:12:06 AM PST
by
RobinOfKingston
(Democrats, the party of evil. Republicans, the party of stupid.)
To: csvset
Ms Plouviez said their value when in circulation had been estimated at a modern equivalent of between £500,000 and £1m, but they were likely to be worth less than that now.
Yea, right. The credit-crunch has hit everything bad, and mark-to-market I guess. Perhaps future arch-heads might dig-up ancient CDS's and interest swaps for historians to ponder, and display at museums. :)
To: csvset
I’d be wary of the ones stamped 40 BC. :-)
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01/18/2009 7:18:50 AM PST
by
NCjim
("Lies have to be covered up, truth can run around naked." - Johnny Cash)
To: STONEWALLS
the first time I ever picked up a stone age projectile point(arrowhead)I was hooked... Same here and for a neighbor of mine who has collected arrowheads by the bucketfuls. He has a better collection of arrowheads, spear points, gaming stones, drills than a lot of museums I've visited. He even has a pipe he found along the shore of the Tennessee River. This area of SE Tennessee was home to many projectile makers as is evidenced by all the flint shards you find anytime you turn dirt over. They apparently had an ongoing trade system with a lot of tribes, some of which weren't so local. I'm told that the origin of some flint found here can be traced to as far away as Michigan. I'm always on the lookout when I plow my garden spot. I found one 5" spear point in a neighbor's garden and had it dated by a local Archaeologist to approximately 11,000 BP. Pretty neat.
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posted on
01/18/2009 7:22:11 AM PST
by
Thermalseeker
(Government is not the solution to the problem. Government IS the problem - Ronald Wilson Reagan)
To: csvset
...Not worth as much as today as 2020 years ago? Ok, here’s a fiver, send them here postage paid...
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posted on
01/18/2009 7:22:11 AM PST
by
gargoyle
(...Don't bring shotguns to UFO landings, let the aliens land, they might be here to pick me up...)
To: Freedom4US
but they were likely to be worth less than that now
Is this a clearly stupid comment, or is there something I'm missing?
To: blam; SunkenCiv
To: Freedom4US
Instead of burying their money, if they had invested it with a 1% annual rate of return after taxes and inflation, today it would be worth around $700 trillion.
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posted on
01/18/2009 7:36:43 AM PST
by
Reeses
(Leftism is powered by the evil force of envy.)
To: RobinOfKingston
Somebody can't count?One for the crown, two for me or is it two for the crown and one for me?
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posted on
01/18/2009 7:37:43 AM PST
by
csvset
To: Freedom4US
Carbon credit offsets. Good as gold.
Good as money in the bank... is that before bailout good or after bailout good?
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posted on
01/18/2009 7:41:08 AM PST
by
csvset
To: Clara Lou
“but they were likely to be worth less than that now
Is this a clearly stupid comment, or is there something I’m missing?”
Maybe they are trying to discourage modern day coin collecting. Might as well throw away your state quarter collection.
To: Reeses
Are any banks still around from 15BC, though? Hm. Could be tough.
To: NCjim
Id be wary of the ones stamped 40 BC. :-) Thanks! That got me laughing.
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posted on
01/18/2009 7:45:23 AM PST
by
Cowboy Bob
(Barack Obama: The Bernie Madoff of Politics)
To: Thermalseeker
Pipestone, from a certain quarry in Minnesota, has been found far and wide.
To: Freedom4US
Bail out scheme...
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posted on
01/18/2009 7:48:39 AM PST
by
boomop1
To: NCjim
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posted on
01/18/2009 7:53:44 AM PST
by
mad_as_he$$
(Government only does one thing well - WASTE MONEY!)
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