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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 623346, member: 19065&quot;]<b></b></p><p><b>@GDJMSP:</b></p><p>I&#039;m intrigued by jakal&#039;s uncovered &#039;treasure&#039; story yet it totall &quot;sounds too good to be true&quot; in scenario. I completely concur with your facts and authority in these old world coins, and especially regarding the mushy details which immediately looks like these are fake coins. I hope that we will learn more details of where these coins were found, though I know if someone finds a treasure spot they are not going to reveal their location. However, some evidence of the site, the excavation and pre-cleaned condition would help jakal gain some credibility in the claim. </p><p><br /></p><p>Is there any chance these are crappy replicas issued by some European collectors mint company and not intentional counterfeits? Possibly done lesser kt. gold or with a higher kt. gold plate?</p><p><br /></p><p>Isn&#039;t there also a rather complex amount of legal ownership issues of finding &#039;lost&#039; treasure, because it may yet belong to someone, a group, institution or government and can thus be contested? If authentic, shouldn&#039;t these be reported to local authorities in antiquities the way that sunken hoards are often announced prior to being fully reclaimed, cleaned authenticated and potentially resold? </p><p><br /></p><p>I understand that this is especially the case in more recent discoveries like the S.S. Central America by the Columbus-America Discovery Group and the S.S. Republic by the Odyssey Marine Exploration group. Odyssey has also been finding a lot in their dives below the English Channel and there are UNESCO conventions about finding wrecks in international waters that come into play. Other types of wrecks, if belonging to a soverign navy, remain the property of that nation where ever it is found. The Spanish galleon Atocha shipwreck caught a lot of headlines when it&#039;s cache was brought up. Immediately old logs and records were scrutinized and the treasure was contested.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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