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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1392290, member: 15445&quot;]The coins were issued by the millions for hundreds of years.&nbsp; Often they were hidden by the owner &amp; then the owner may have died suddenly leaving them to be unearthed later.&nbsp; I&#039;ve heard that it was common to bury your coins before you entered a city because you never knew if you might be robbed when you entered. </p><p><br /></p><p>Just this last year there was a huge vessel found by a metal detectorist in the UK in a farmer&#039;s field.&nbsp; It was buried just below the level that would have been hit (discovered) by the farmer when working the field.&nbsp; There are lots of good stories about ancient coins told here at CT.&nbsp; You can do a search.&nbsp; This thread &amp; others <u>in the ancient forum </u>are a good read.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t196219/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t196219/">http://www.cointalk.com/t196219/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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