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Message:: [QUOTE="Billy Kingsley, post: 707214, member: 19456"]It is neat but I think the concept is flawed. First off, that is just taking into account what has been FOUND. It doesn't take into account hoards that have yet to be found or even hoards that were found and NOT documented. It also seems to assume that the only reason for burying coins was during times of war...but is that a known, given fact? I really don't know, but I would bet...no. In the times long before there were banks or safes, where would have been the safest place to hide your valuables? In the ground, where only YOU know they are burried.  It also seems to assume that hoardes were only left if people were killed during the time of war. But that is a big assumption, who is to say that they didn't die of natural causes, or were even loot from a robbery and the criminal was caught before digging them up and using them?  I seem to recall having read that only about 1 or 1 tenth of a percentage of ancient coins have survived to today. That report seems to be basing the numbers on the basis that the coins found in hoardes are ALL the coins that were minted in those times.  In theory it is a interesting way to look at the past...but their logic and data is flawed, in my opinion.[/QUOTE]