It appears that they are real, which, I agree is unusual. but, perhaps it is a fake valut? altho, now tht you mention it, they mention that some may be for sale? So, perhaps a way to legitimize current fakes?
Afterwhich they will be buried in another vault in the basement of the Museum because "There are so $#^&% many of them and so many duplicates that every museum has all they need! And now with these new stinking export restrictions we can't even sell them to get money we could use to buy other items for the collections, or salaries, or maintenance." Says local museum curator. I think this is the third or fourth massive coin find like this in the past few years. And we are talking literally TONS of coins.
Wow, looks like some crusty coins there. Too bad China is implementing the ban on export of Chinese coins dated prior to 1911. That date seems arbitrarily modern.
I can't on earth see why China sees the need to ban the export of coins. I mean, even disregarding the fakes, that hoard consists of TWO TONS of coins. Each worth a few dollars each, at best. What on earth will they do with them?
I don't doubt that a bit. My guess is they will go into the hands of the government, in which case they may as well stayed buried.
