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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1819800, member: 19463&quot;]Why?&nbsp; When the one standard coins were replaced by the two victories, the surplus one standard coins would have received the same treatment.&nbsp; When the FTP coins replaced the two victories coins, so went the two victories that were still above ground.&nbsp; I believe most of the coins we have today were savings hoards lost by the owner (soldiers who died, fathers who never told the kids because they would rob him etc.).&nbsp; The number of ancient coins that have stayed above ground for their entire lives must be small.&nbsp; I suspect that explains why we see so many gold coins that are ex-jewelry.&nbsp;&nbsp; I wonder what you would do in 350 AD if you found a bag full of AE1 Diocletian folles.&nbsp; Denarii from the Republic to Decius might still be spendable in 250 but I&#039;m not so sure about the status of a 248 AD falling horseman in 260 AD when the current coins were under half size.&nbsp; Were they accepted as doubles or were they illegal to own?&nbsp; I don&#039;t know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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