To: Citizen Zed
2 posted on
04/15/2015 7:46:54 PM PDT by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Citizen Zed
Why did they melt them down? Wouldn’t they have gotten more for the coins’ numismatic value?
3 posted on
04/15/2015 7:51:52 PM PDT by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Citizen Zed
That’s a heck of a deep salvage op.
To: Citizen Zed
9 posted on
04/15/2015 9:08:12 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Citizen Zed
The Spanish “pieces of eight” come to mind and some of those are in pretty good shape after hundreds of years on the seabed. Maybe the numismatic value of the coins in this case was not there.
To: Citizen Zed
Come on. Everybody knows that Dirk Pitt & Al Giordino were actually the ones who found and brought up the treasure.
12 posted on
04/15/2015 9:27:38 PM PDT by
kiryandil
(Egging the battleship USS Sarah Palin from their little Progressive rowboats...)
To: Citizen Zed; jiggyboy; PA Engineer; blam; TigerLikesRooster; Cheap_Hessian; CJinVA; Jet Jaguar; ...
To: Citizen Zed
19 posted on
04/15/2015 10:17:52 PM PDT by
Daffynition
("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
To: Citizen Zed
1901 Silver Rupee obverse
Reverse
http://i01.i.aliimg.com/wsphoto/v0/1762430297_2/Mr-J-1901-India-Coin-90-Silver-British-Victoria-Empress-One-Rupee-India-Copy-Coins-Rare.jpg
23 posted on
04/16/2015 9:53:47 AM PDT by
Little Ray
(How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
To: Citizen Zed
Government writes the rules and gets its cut.
24 posted on
04/16/2015 8:45:10 PM PDT by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
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