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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1608119, member: 26302"]Yeah, but these were either tin or zinc, metals which have never survived well wherever they were used. They simply corrode too badly.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hear what you are saying though. I have seen some of the copper coins from the ground over there. If copper gets buried, SE Asia does a number on it. Unless it was buried in a pot, its pretty much a goner if its copper. Silver and of course gold fares much better thankfully. Having said that, I do have a couple of pieces from Cambodia that circulated in Ayyuthia that are copper but in better shape. Must have been protected, since they are about 350 years old.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1608119, member: 26302"]Yeah, but these were either tin or zinc, metals which have never survived well wherever they were used. They simply corrode too badly. I hear what you are saying though. I have seen some of the copper coins from the ground over there. If copper gets buried, SE Asia does a number on it. Unless it was buried in a pot, its pretty much a goner if its copper. Silver and of course gold fares much better thankfully. Having said that, I do have a couple of pieces from Cambodia that circulated in Ayyuthia that are copper but in better shape. Must have been protected, since they are about 350 years old.[/QUOTE]
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