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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 968229, member: 19463&quot;]There have been several threads on this but the bottom line is it will take the British Museum a while to sort through the mess and preliminary reports of contents and value are not something to take to the bank.&nbsp;&nbsp; The hoarde is called the &quot;Frome Hoard&quot; and searching on that name will get you better information not to mention a lot of rubbish as expected in popular press.&nbsp; 52,000 coins would have to average $100 each to break $5,000,000 and there are a very few coins of those pictured that seem really valuable.&nbsp; There were a few (the 5 silvers) very high end things which you can bet you will be able to see at the British Museum when this is all over.&nbsp; I will be interested in seeing the amount of the final payout but the photos I saw showed a lot of very ordinary ($10-30?) coins and a few at $1000-5000+.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There were several coins not immediately identifiable but this could change when the cleaning gets to them.&nbsp; It is always possible that something really special could be lurking there and that the $5 million could happen but we will have to wait and see.&nbsp; You might start asking yourself how much you will be willing to pay for a coin from this hoard.&nbsp; If the type and condition is otherwise a $10 item, does being from Frome make you willing to pay $11, $20 or what?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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