Ancient Egyptian Visitors to Australia or Miner's Mishap?

Here is an interesting story about a coin of Ptolemy IV found in Australia...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-02/far-north-queenslands-egyptian-coin-mystery/9708318

 

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Man, that miner had a big hole in his pocket!

 

I guess so...that would seem to be the most logical explanation.

 

Ancient coins have been turning up in odd places for hundreds of years. Of course there are those who would have you think the Romans colonized America and other such nonsense, but it happens frequently. There has been a thread here about it. I once found a 1,000 year old Chinese Song Dynasty coin in the parking lot of my local post office.