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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 3448667, member: 76086&quot;]I&#039;d be willing to bet it was a matter of geography and simple distribution (including when they received infusions of cash).&nbsp; But its also too small a time frame to expect much usable data.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>We know that some ancient people collected coins.&nbsp; While a single coin does not make a collection it could have been a &#039;pocket piece&#039; or curio.&nbsp; Some old guy walks into the bar with a old unspendable coin...barkeep says, &#039;what the heck, I&#039;ll take it and hold on to it&#039;.&nbsp; I could see that happening.&nbsp; I imagine many of us have done the same.&nbsp; I once found a 1,000 year old Chinese coin in the parking lot of the post office.&nbsp; Sadly it had been run over by many cars and thus was not really collectable but I kept it anyway.&nbsp; Just a curio.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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