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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 986806, member: 26302&quot;]Gresham&#039;s law didn&#039;t apply? I thought Gresham&#039;s law was bad money drove out good. This would explain removal of any good coins when bad coins are issued, for &quot;plate&quot;, for burying in the river, whatever.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting you brought up Chinese cash. I know that because of uniformity, Chinese would dig up coins in 1850 that are dated from 100 BC and go out and spend them. However, I think the OP question was about how long would coins last in circulation, meaning being handled day to day. A 100 bc coin cannot be &quot;in circulation&quot; for 1900 years. It would simply wear away.</p><p><br /></p><p>Before the boom in coin collecting, it was common in England and Europe for 100 year old coins to be found in change at times. Gresham&#039;s law is the big changer, for as soon as silver leaves coins the older coins get hoarded. Short of Gresham&#039;s law actions, I would say ancient and modern coins would stay in circulation for 60-100 years, until they either wear out of get lost. Everyone thinks of hoards as how ancient coins are found, but a majority of them were simply lost and found individually by metal detectorists today.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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