Posted on 07/13/2022 8:17:45 AM PDT by Red Badger
Interesting question. It could be that it was illegal for a local to own gold or that much gold. It could be that the gold came from a robbery, whether carried out by a local or one of the invaders killing a fellow soldier for the loot. It could be that a local who, for example, supplied/sold food he grew to the invaders would have been set upon by his fellow countrymen as a traitor. I have no idea which among those theories (or others) is favored by the folks who deal with these finds. Those coins are spectacular, IMO.
OK, I had to look it up. From mentalfloss.com:
“...the Mint lists its reeding specifications as follows: dimes, 118; quarters, 119; half dollars, 150; dollar, 198; Susan B. Anthony dollar, 133.”
Simply fell out en route or left behind after falling out at camp.
It really isn’t likely anything that exciting.
Interesting. But I can’t believe all that activity with searching and the loot hasn’t been noticed by the federalis who think only they can have anything historical from such sites.
Incredible the amount of ammunition that was fired on both sides in that war. The number of bullets must have been in the billions.
I wonder if anyone ever thought to recover DNA from any of those bullets? Probably hopeless at this point, and the vast majority of them never hit anyone I’m sure.
The Romans were all over what is now England
I know of collectors in Ohio who gave their collections to museums and they were never seen again. That belongs in the private collections of those running the museum would be more realistic. I saw the most complete skeleton of a Mastodon ever found once. It was breath taking. The museum sold it to the Japanese.
North America was one of the last continents to be civilized.
With hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, and extreme weather, not many wanted to live here. Besides the natives were hostile to foreigners.
I don’t think they were punched. I belive a blob of molten gold was dropped into a mold, then “struck” with a top die before it hardened completely. That’s also why they are off center and not always perfectly round.
The same is true on the “Battle Road” which is part of the main road connecting Lexington, Lincoln and Concord, Mass. Thousands of colonial militia and British regulars fought during the redcoats’ retreat from Concord to Boston on the morning and afternoon of April 19, 1775.
I read a history of that battle some years back that provided an estimate of the total amount of lead thrown on that one day. I don’t remember the exact number, but I do know I was absolutely floored by the amount.
If you try to sell them as antiquities someone rats you out and the government lays claim.
Fascinating?
Do the finders get to be keepers?
Not in Great Britain...............
AAARGH!
The minters were probably drinking too much wine before work…
“Yes, people did that. But wouldn’t you do it evenly around the entire circumference of the coin? Why would you trim it to make the die perfectly off center on the blank?”
You are correct. No one would. The reverse on a few of them were an OC strike but it also looks like some of the planchets were asymmetrical as well. It does not appear that any of them were trimmed or clipped.
“no one ever buries Bitcoin for safe keeping.....”
No one I am aware of but I keep my Ledger wallet in a Faraday Cage in a safe in my closet. Kind of similar.
You might find some Viking coins! Or those cool Native American coins….oh, wait. Never mind.
Government gets half in GB.
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