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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've been thinking about trying this. Trouble is, the only ancient I have that looks anything like a penny, is really badly corroded, and soaking in olive oil. I could imagine some collecter getting the thing in change from a grocery, and becoming very confused. Haha...  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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About 25 years ago, I received a rather worn Roman denarius in my change on a London bus.
I was acquainted with the bus conductor, he often tried to short-change people, so I looked at my change from him closely.
I was just about to hand it back when I realised that it was Roman so I kept quiet.
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Valued Member
United States
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Pillar of the Community
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There are quite a few people metal detecting in the area I live. While items/coins down to the 18th century can be found, sometimes it is itching to drop an older coin in the search places and see how thoroughly confused the finder would be.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Why not legal ?
Seems perfectly legal, just not the action of a reasonable person.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4778 Posts |
I remember someone on here saying they dropped a worn Magnentius Chi-Rho reverse coin into the donation thing (bowl?) that's passed around at church.
Me personally, no. Can't really stomach the thought of a historical object such as an ancient coin, even a common well-worn one, being thrown back into circulation and be used and abused. They've been in existence for hundreds and thousands of years. I think they deserve a retirement.
Edited by VisigothKing
01/25/2015 5:04 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Not legal at all. What gives you the impression it is legal to pass out of date 'tender' to any business? lock this thread mods, it's plain stupid.
You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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Pillar of the Community
Italy
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Some one actually did that VK !  I know Roman coins circulated after the Empire fell but that is just ridiculous . |
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United Kingdom
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Not legal at all. What gives you the impression it is legal to pass out of date 'tender' to any business? My response: Quote:
Why not legal ? Seems perfectly legal, just not the action of a reasonable person. was in reply to Quote:
There are quite a few people metal detecting in the area I live. While items/coins down to the 18th century can be found, sometimes it is itching to drop an older coin in the search places and see how thoroughly confused the finder would be. However, at least in the UK, it's not illegal to offer to pay in something other than legal tender, so long as it's not counterfeits of legal tender currency. I could go to my local grocer and offer him broken chairs to settle my bill, which I'm sure he wouldn't accept. I'm pretty sure that if I offered Roman coins or gold ingots, he would. |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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It is illegal to pass off out of date coinage, end of, that was the original post was it not? This thread needs locking.
You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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I never even really considered placing a non-legal-tender coin into circulation, ancient or not. It just, I dunno, doesn't make sense.
Heck, I wouldn't even do that with the types that actually come up in change (such as Ukrainian vs. Russian 10 kopek).
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 United States
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To knowingly pass counterfeit, or bogus currency is illegal here in the US. But I've seen an gotten back in change coins from Europe and South America. Living so close to Canada we see Canadian coins in our change all the time. Store clerks are supposed to check what people give them, but no one really pays close attention to small change. Still I don't recommend you doing it.
This is not IMO a topic that should be discussed here, and before it gets out of hand I've locked it.
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Posted 01/25/2015 3:51 pm
