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http://www.archaeology.org/issues/2...-disassembly69,000 coins in a one ton block. The time-lapse video is kind of cool, but I wish they slowed it down to see the removal process in more detail for a few coins. Took three years! This is a great magazine by the way. Almost every issue has a coin somewhere in it.
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Wow! That is amazing! I have never heard about this before!
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What an amazing find. would have love being on the removal and restoration team.
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Bedrock of the Community
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69,000 coins !
Only a large number of the best ones would have been kept and to be distributed to museums around the World.
That would have still have left a huge proportion of that total to be available to the private collector market, and a great opportunity for the museum that disassembled the hoard to raise much needed funds to continue their work.
Such a large number of coins would have only been available to the collector market, if the hoard had been disassembled by museum professionals who knew what they were doing.
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@kbbpll, thanks for posting!
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Rest in Peace
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Boy aren't the diggers with the mine detectors Jealous!
Thanks kbbphl for an interesting topic!
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I think in Great Britain the finder and property owner get to share a certain percentage of the determined value (50%?). Otherwise sel_691, I'm not sure if these would ever hit the collector market. I get the impression they're treated as an archaeological resource and go into the museum's collection. I also got the impression from the article that they didn't restore individual coins, just the gold objects buried with them. 500 a week just to document and remove is a monumental task. I like how they saved a cylinder of undisturbed coins for future analysis. It's all about what we can learn about a long-gone culture and not collector value, sadly for some of us.
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It would be nice to see photos of the end result.
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I can barley get through cleaning one ancient yet alone 69,000
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 So many coins ! |
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This is the Grouville Hoard and has been publicly known for a while. The story at this link gives a better sense of the hoard than the initial pic in this thread: http://psjfactoids.blogspot.com/201...e-hoard.html br / Here is a link to a better video (a bit quiet though): http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europ...sey-28900555Quote:
Such a large number of coins would have only been available to the collector market, if the hoard had been disassembled by museum professionals who knew what they were doing.
I find that remark to be strange and a bit confusing. The people who led and still lead the work on this hoard ARE museum conservators. Volunteers get trained to this task. What does it mean "If...had been?" This link, from the website of the Jersey Heritage museum gives a good look at some of the coins, and the people and agencies behind its recovery, preservation, and public display: https://www.jerseyheritage.org/celtic-coin-hoard br / Because of the political changes in the relationship between Jersey and the rest of Great Britain, there is some question about how much of the Treasure Trove Law will apply to this hoard. The matter is not yet settled. Edited by lrbguy
06/14/2017 10:30 am
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Interesting that it looks like the hoard was just dumped into a pit dug in the ground, rather than stashed in jars or sacks. I suppose that the wealth was dumped quickly so the tribe could flee and come back for it later, but I would imagine that the people would want to keep the torcs with them as the most important and valuable bits of the treasure?
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That is amazing!
I love the dinosaur walking across the background in the time-lapse video of the hoard being cleaned.
I'm a metal detectorist and once found 42 Lincoln Cents in a group. I thought that was something. 69,000 is something else.
Paul Bulgerin
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Just imagine what these coins would do to prices if they hit the market at the same time. I found a comparable piece on Vcoins selling for €250. Maybe someone will find a similar hoard of Eid Mars so I could finally own one. |
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