2000+ Gold Coins found in Mediterranean

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  1. doug5353

    doug5353 Well-Known Member

    Just saw this story come up on abcnews.go.com

    Sorry, can't copy the image.

    "...At first, they thought they had spotted a toy coin from a game," the authority's statement said. "It was only after they understood the coin was the real thing that they collected several coins and quickly returned to the shore in order to inform the director of the dive club about their find.”

    Using metal detectors, the 2,000 coins were brought to the surface, weighing in at just more than 13 pounds. Experts believe the coins belonged to the Fatimid Caliphate, which ruled much of the Middle East and North Africa from 909 to 1171.

    The earliest coin was minted in Palermo, Sicily in the second half of the 9th century."

    http://abcnews.go.com/International...priceless-gold-coins-israel/story?id=29051765
     
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  3. newcoinguy

    newcoinguy Member

    pretty interesting!
     
  4. philo

    philo New Member

    Too bad they couldn't keep them. Whatever happened to finders keepers?
     
  5. davidh

    davidh soloist gnomic

    I would have stuffed a handful in my shorts and not said anything.
     
  6. chrisild

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  7. Blissskr

    Blissskr Well-Known Member

    I'd be happy finding one gold coin lol.
     
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