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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 577534, member: 6370&quot;]they are found in pretty large quantities each year. Its hard to say exactly how many because many if not most finds are not reported because of strict laws in the countries they are found in. So if a hoard is found in Serbia, a country that doesnt allow any trade in such things and criminalizes anyone who tries (or even tries to find them with a metal detector), it will not be reported and the coins will be sold to buyers all around the world...so its hard to say but I would say its easily in the 5 digits each year.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If these countries had more fair laws, more people might be willing to report their finds...as it is, they have NO incentive to report any find. I was talking to a guy the other day who lives in the Balkans and he showed a picture of a hoard he found while farming...he did not report it and instead sold them off in uncleaned lots...I have seen quite a few pictures of hoard as they were found in the ground from the middle east to turkey so I have no doubt they are found, often, and often in large quantities....how great it must feel to be the first to find a stash of coins buried for thousands of years...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Below are some hoards found:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/cache/greekcoinsfoundinbag.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/cache/greekcoinsfoundinbag01.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/cache/greekcoinsinjar.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>some found in a jar</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/forum/greathoard.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>a serious find from someone I have conversed with in the middle east.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/forum/greathoard4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>above is the same hoard after some cleaning.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/forum/greathoard6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/forum/greathoard9.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/forum/greathoardcleaned6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>coins from above cleaned</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/forum/greathoard7.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/forum/greathoardcleaned5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/forum/greathoardcleaned3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Just htink how many more hoards are found each year and are yet to be found <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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