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Pillar of the Community
United States
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So I have bought many uncleaned lots over the past year and a half of so. And although I have been happy in general with my results, and I have found some wonderful coins, I have acquired many culls that really are not doing me any good and just sit around. They are valueless and just take up space. So I have an odd idea: what if I bought a cheap piece of pottery and filled it up with culls and then sealed the lid (much as the Romans did) and bury it somewhere on my property? If nothing else it is a kind of performance art that might one day really confuse some archaeologists or metal detectorists.
Thoughts?
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I wish I could bury some of my old cars like this! They may become archeological 'finds' in 2000 years time!
If found in a clay pot, they would not confuse the average detectorist. With the pace of urban development and re develoment, such a hoard would be dug up within 50 years.
I would just give them away as favours, or you may wish to sell them here in the CCF as one job lot. The fact that you consider them as culls, does not mean they are worthless to everyone. Someone will buy a job lot of culls, even WITH the understanding that they may have little value, and may wish to keep them more than as you have indicated, for yourself.
I will bet that if they were thrown in the junk box with modern coins of any dealer, they would all be gone in a week. You never know, such a move may well spark an interest in a new ancient coin collector.
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Valued Member
South Africa
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bury it with a note "the other 50,000 coins are at (illegible)"
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Valued Member
South Africa
105 Posts |
but seriously, for someone who has just started appreciating ancient coins (like me) it might be more valuable in it's 'educational' value if not actual monetary value.. if that makes sense..
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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R-Dawkins: I would have like to have added a  or a  or even a  to your post, but I couldn't! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I thought about taking modern coins and putting them into some type of pottery container. lol
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
3499 Posts |
Well I would also throw some 2012 (or whatever the current year is when I fill the pot up) in order to indicate the actual year of burial. Eh, it just seems like a fun, odd idea.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree with giving them away to educate or to spark an interest, a better idea than burying them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2044 Posts |
Also throw a set of 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial Cents in there. People in the future will love these commemoratives. Although, I have my doubts as to how long those copper coated zinc cents will last. I bet a great deal of them will end up with bubbled surfaces and even the copper peeled away to reveal a slug. Maybe some will survive similar to a fourree, perhaps.
Another idea is to give coins away to beginners here or around your home that express a strong interest in ancient coins. A coin was given to me and it helped a lot in learning and the interest level. Once I get to the point where I can give coins away, they will be to beginners over 50 posts or maybe less. Who knows when the time comes.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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what if I bought a cheap piece of pottery and filled it up with culls and then sealed the lid (much as the Romans did) and bury it somewhere on my property?  Funny idea--epecially if you buried the coins in a Roman pot. I've also considered seeding the park next door with circ. wheat cents to give the detector guy a surprise. |
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New Member
United States
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It wouldn't be the first time such a thing has happened. There is an interesting wikipedia article about out-of-place artifacts that talks about a few finds that were hoaxes and a few that were found to be genuine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out-of-place_artifactIn particular, it makes mention of the Maine penny which is a genuine Norse coin that was found in an American Indian shell midden. Pretty neat! Also the following article makes claims of a few out-of-place coin finds: Quote:
Coins:
Roman coins have been found in Venezuela and Maine.
Roman coins were found in Texas at the bottom of an Indian mound at Round Rock. The mound is dated at approximately 800 AD.
In 1957 near Phenix City, Alabama, a small boy found a coin in a field from Syracuse on the island of Sicily, and dating from 490 B.C.
In the town of Heavener, Oklahoma, another out-of-place coin was found in 1976. Experts identified it as a bronze tetradrachm originally struck in Antioch, Syria in 63 A.D. and bearing the profile of the emperor Nero.
In 1882, a farmer in Cass County, Illinois picked up a bronze coin later identified as a coin of Antiochus IV, one of the kings of Syria who reigned from 175 B.C. to 164 B.C., and who is mentioned in the Bible. http://paranormal.about.com/od/anci...-America.htmI think its probably safe to say most of the above finds were from people who brought the coins here and accidentally dropped them, or intentionally planted them to create a good hoax. |
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