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Old March 11th 04, 02:13 PM
Darren
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Default 20,000 Roman Coins found!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/3501426.stm

....out to dig a pond now.

Thanks
Darren

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Old March 11th 04, 03:09 PM
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On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 13:13:02 +0000 (UTC), Darren
wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/3501426.stm

...out to dig a pond now.

Thanks
Darren

Interesting stuff. One wonders who lft the coins. An army officer sent
back to the mainland, or a local person afraid of the Welsh?
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Old March 11th 04, 03:12 PM
Darren
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On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 08:09:45 -0600, Jorg Lueke
wrote:

On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 13:13:02 +0000 (UTC), Darren
wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/3501426.stm

...out to dig a pond now.

Thanks
Darren

Interesting stuff. One wonders who lft the coins. An army officer sent
back to the mainland, or a local person afraid of the Welsh?


Maybe an ancient collector looking for mis-strikes... or specific
commeratives, these we just his swaps.


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Old March 11th 04, 09:41 PM
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There is no way in hell they could ever determine if this pot was lost or
misplaced or purposely hidden, or any other myriad of reasons for why it is
actually there.


Heck, I lose pots o' 20 thousand coins all of the time! Of course it was
hidden!



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Old March 11th 04, 10:06 PM
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Darren wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/3501426.stm

...out to dig a pond now.

Thanks
Darren


This may be a classic case of when to keep you mouth shut. Now that the finder has contacted the "proper authority" the coins may be confiscated by the state.

JAM
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Old March 11th 04, 11:34 PM
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They will not be "confiscated", the finder/land owner will get paid the
full market value, if finders don't report a large find like this and
they are found out they will then get zero cash. Billy


"J. A. M." wrote:

Darren wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/3501426.stm

...out to dig a pond now.

Thanks
Darren


This may be a classic case of when to keep you mouth shut. Now that the finder has contacted the "proper authority" the coins may be confiscated by the state.

JAM

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Old March 12th 04, 12:19 AM
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From: "J. A. M."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/3501426.stm


This may be a classic case of when to keep you mouth shut. Now that the finder

has contacted the "proper authority" the coins may be confiscated by the
state.

Already out of the finder's control; they sit in a state museum.

" ... even though the coins were found on Mr Allen's property they could still
be ruled as being property of the state ... "

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Old March 12th 04, 12:59 AM
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Darren wrote in
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/3501426.stm

...out to dig a pond now.

Thanks
Darren


Good grief the UK is littered with these things!
What's the betting line on how the coroner will rule?
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Old March 12th 04, 11:22 AM
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Darren wrote
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/3501426.stm


It is hard to believe that the British Museum -- or anyone else --
needs another Constantine.

Perhaps soon collectors of ancients will elevate these to the level of
intensity known to Early American Copper or Bust Halves or Morgan
Dollars.
"Constantine Types, Varieties, and Errors: a catalog and price guide."

Trier
RIC VII 305
T-1 V-17 E-3
4th fold in Consular robes between 3rd and 5th
Near T
Recut Q
Small XX
CNG 3/05 = $350 in XF; HJB 153 = $400 in XF


Michael
waking from an odd dream
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Old March 12th 04, 06:21 PM
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Michael Marotta wrote:
It is hard to believe that the British Museum -- or anyone else --
needs another Constantine.


Thanks for taking the time to speak for me -- and everyone else --
but ... I'll take 'em!

Perhaps soon collectors of ancients will elevate these to the level of
intensity known to Early American Copper or Bust Halves or Morgan
Dollars.
"Constantine Types, Varieties, and Errors: a catalog and price guide."

Trier
RIC VII 305
T-1 V-17 E-3
4th fold in Consular robes between 3rd and 5th
Near T
Recut Q
Small XX
CNG 3/05 = $350 in XF; HJB 153 = $400 in XF


Well, you've shown you've seen RIC. The later volumes, of course,
have an incredible amount of detail -- not so far off from what you
parody above. So the catalog is already extant, and has rarity
scales, which approximates a pricing guide.

Michael
waking from an odd dream


Now that dream is a reality!

Brad
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