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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kirispupis, post: 8235987, member: 118780&quot;]I don&#039;t think it&#039;s the aim of this thread to identify which coins are cursed vs not-cursed. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>IMHO it&#039;s really in the jurisdiction of the individual collector. For me, coins from Phokis during the Sacred Wars cross the line. However, I&#039;m not going to organize a holy crusade to seek out all such coins and return them to Delphi in order to finally restore peace to the world. I&#039;m just not adding one to my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Imagine there was a gold coin listed at auction with the following story. Would you bid on it?</p><p><br /></p><p>Considered among the most stunning issues of the archaic era, legend has it the engraver was thrown off a cliff to ensure no better one existed. Only a few copies were made, as the kingdom fell weeks later, with every inhabitant slaughtered and the royal family tortured for three straight days before death.</p><p><br /></p><p>The last twelve owners of this coin have met gruesome deaths, oddly within days of procuring it. The coin was scheduled to be listed a few years ago, but then was stolen during a brazen robbery of the Brinks vehicle in which sadly four people died. The thieves were tracked down to Eastern Ukraine and of the original ten, eight were murdered by others. The remaining two were hung, and the coin was then confiscated by the local government until it was overrun by separatists.</p><p><br /></p><p>Somehow, the coin wound up at a Swiss auction house after the previous owner passed. It was scheduled for to go last year until the auction house burned down, but now this amazing piece of history can be yours![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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