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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4679777, member: 110350"]Anyone claiming that a coin has been in a private collection or collections continuously since ancient times (let alone 2,000+ years) is basically attempting to sell you the Brooklyn Bridge. Or the Acropolis. There isn't one single ancient coin known to have been above ground continuously since ancient Greek or Roman times (not even at the Vatican); they were all dug up at some point. Don't forget that despite various claims to the contrary, there are exactly zero families that can legitimately trace their ancestry back to ancient Rome or Greece with documentary proof -- <b>let alone any family heirlooms or other possessions of any such families</b>. The furthest back anyone of European descent can prove their ancestry continuously (without any fabrications or conveniently glossed-over missing links in the chain) is to three or four generations beyond Charlemagne. See <a href="https://www.geni.com/projects/Ancestors-of-Charlemagne/4914" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.geni.com/projects/Ancestors-of-Charlemagne/4914" rel="nofollow">https://www.geni.com/projects/Ancestors-of-Charlemagne/4914</a>, explaining:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4679777, member: 110350"]Anyone claiming that a coin has been in a private collection or collections continuously since ancient times (let alone 2,000+ years) is basically attempting to sell you the Brooklyn Bridge. Or the Acropolis. There isn't one single ancient coin known to have been above ground continuously since ancient Greek or Roman times (not even at the Vatican); they were all dug up at some point. Don't forget that despite various claims to the contrary, there are exactly zero families that can legitimately trace their ancestry back to ancient Rome or Greece with documentary proof -- [B]let alone any family heirlooms or other possessions of any such families[/B]. The furthest back anyone of European descent can prove their ancestry continuously (without any fabrications or conveniently glossed-over missing links in the chain) is to three or four generations beyond Charlemagne. See [URL]https://www.geni.com/projects/Ancestors-of-Charlemagne/4914[/URL], explaining:[/QUOTE]
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