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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 986271, member: 26302&quot;]I would be surprised if Republican silver was still circulating after Nero&#039;s debasement and subsequent debasements. I know most Antony coins were finally hoarded, (Gresham&#039;s law), after Nero&#039;s debasement. A friend bought a hoard of silver once with &quot;new&quot; Nero coins, some lightly worn Claudius, worn Tiberius and Augustus coins, and a few very worn Antony galleys. I know some Sestertii circulated a long time, since even the revlue mark was very worn.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I said like modern coins, you have to remember our silver changing and causing mass hoarding. Look in your change, 1950&#039;s and earlier nickel still circulate, and this with mass coin colelcting going on. That is 60 years, which is somewhat similar to what most ancient hoards will show. I would bet modern coins would circulate far longer if not for us dang coin collectors. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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