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Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 06/12/2019 8:49 pm ebay just keeps getting better and better. This seller is offering ancient coins from an "original" Lloyd's 1949 bank bag. According to the seller, ancient Greek and Roman coins were still in circulation and being redeemed by banks as late as the 1940s! Who knew? https://www.ebay.com/itm/333228267982 Report this Post to the Staff

T-BOP Rest in Peace United States 18456 Posts	Posted 06/12/2019 8:58 pm Wow , what will they think of next ? Report this Post to the Staff
McFlyAVG New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 06/12/2019 9:45 pm It doesn't pass any rational sniff test nor a more complex "Google Search". Deceptive and unethical for sure, but it is creative. There's that. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16831 Posts	Posted 06/13/2019 12:25 am WHatever the story behind the provenance of the bag of coins, I'm pretty sure such "mystery lots" of coins are against ebay policy. Either sell us the whole bag, or show us the five specific coins we're bidding on. That's ebay policy. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16831 Posts	Posted 06/13/2019 12:32 am As for the "ancient coins in circulation" line, it's certainly true that in times of a shortage of official coin (such as in the 1790s in England), "found" ancient coins would get cleaned up and put into circulation. But they'd never have been officially recognized, exchanged or redeemed by a bank; any such objects deposited would have been treated as scrap metal / bullion - or, more likely, have been souvenired by bank staff. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 06/13/2019 03:51 am I am considering a theory that these coins were left at a bank for safe keeping. Many decades pass and the original record of deposit could have been lost, when a bank was bombed. Now, the bank has a disposal problem, and the current bank officials have no idea at all about ancient coins. Report this Post to the Staff
tenbobbit Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 701 Posts	Posted 06/13/2019 07:49 am Item location, Nixa, Missouri We Brits are pretty good at making bank bags Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 06/13/2019 11:48 am I've seen more outlandish claims on ebay before. At least the price is resembling something reasonable, not $20-30 per coin, sight unseen. I usually get a chuckle when I see these power flippers act like they're numismatic experts - claiming that they searched through 12 reference books on Greek coins and a significant portion of these are unpublished rarities. Puh-leaze. Report this Post to the Staff
antwerpen2306 Pillar of the Community Belgium 1194 Posts	Posted 06/14/2019 2:50 pm still in very good condition for money , circulated about 2000 years , albert Report this Post to the Staff
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