One Time Cleaning A Coin Is Just Fine

#Me Too.

 

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Yes we are.

 

Gonna call BS on this one. First, Naram Sin reigned around 2250 BC. Second "writing a book" back then was reserved to those literate and skilled enough to put some cuneiform text on a tablet -- not something that would have been a trivial undertaking in the pursuit of conspicuity by every man. Finally, things ascribed to him would have been glorification of his battle victories and other stories that were to live forever, not pessimistic social commentary that would have made him look bad, or worse, less god-like, to future generations.

Be that as it may, the sentiment is surely rather old, even if we just take the easy way out and attribute the quote to Mark Twain.

 

Loved the back and forth between @CoinBlazer and @BooksB4Coins ! Got a good laugh out of that one!

 

Sadly, I shoulder some of the blame. I made a few of you.

 

As Seneca the Elder once said: "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end."

The world is always in decay and ending (according to each generation), yet somehow civilization, technology, human progress, etc. keeps going. And even when the last human draws his last breath on this planet, I suspect the Earth will keep going in much the same way it's always gone on.

I don't have a lucky nickel to give to my 8 year old son, but I did give him a lucky siliqua of Emperor Valens a few months ago. So far he hasn't tried to wash it, though it being an ancient silver coin, it doesn't matter if he washes it or not. Also, being at least 1,640 years old, it is a lucky charm with quite a bit of historic provenance.

 

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