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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 4322786, member: 44357&quot;]Because I haven&#039;t posted it in a while, my pair of gold owls (with the full description <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/white-whale-acquired-not-the-usual-athens.322018/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/white-whale-acquired-not-the-usual-athens.322018/">in my thread here</a>) - it was minted from melted down statues of the goddess of Victory that were placed in the Parthenon in ancient Athens.</p><p><br /></p><p>When Sparta cut off Athens&#039; access to its silver mines during the Peloponnesian War, they had to resort to melting whatever they could find, including seven of eight cherished gold sculptures, in order to raise funds to rebuild their navy. It ultimately was a futile effort but it was such an emotional event, it was documented by playwrights and recorded in the treasury records.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1098141[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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