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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 7578504, member: 26302&quot;]I meant time of deposition of the coin sir, sorry if it was not clear. A coin can prove it was not lost BEFORE the date of minting, but cannot ever prove it was not lost AFTER the date of minting. Archeologists try too hard to use the date of the coin as the date of the site, since coins are easier to date than other artifacts usually. That was my point sir. I had a relative find an ancient Jewish coin in Kentucky in the early 1900&#039;s. They wrote a newspaper article about it, with the author postulating if the ancient Jews visited KY 2000 years ago. Its a natural tendency to assume a coin date somehow &quot;proves&quot; a site is that old.</p><p><br /></p><p>Remember 17th century coins were commonly in circulation in the 19th century. Coin collecting is a more modern invention for the most part. In the 1950&#039;s 19th century coins were commonly found in circulation here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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