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1 posted on 09/13/2018 11:50:39 AM PDT by Theoria
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To: SunkenCiv

Bling ping.


2 posted on 09/13/2018 11:51:43 AM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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Among the most probable of theories is that the coin dropped out of a miner's pack as they walked along the Aboriginal trail on the way to the Hodgkinson gold fields west of Cairns. Late 19th Century miners often carried mementos or trinkets, including ancient coins, with them when they emigrated to Australia.

Oh look what they say at the end of the article. Huh. Well, that seems a lot more likely than an ancient Egyptian crossed the ocean and half an inhospitable continent to drop a coin and leave no other traces of his existence.

3 posted on 09/13/2018 11:57:36 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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"He(Ptolmey) spent a lot more time drinking, hanging out and working on his boat — a massive boat that was technically a warship but would probably have been impossible to row so it would have just sat in the water being luxurious.'"


8 posted on 09/13/2018 12:41:49 PM PDT by sportutegrl (Being offended is a choice.)
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To: Theoria

I could see the coin making it’s way to the Orient then down th Malay Peninsula then on to Indonesia or New Guinea then to Australia.

Sort of a valuable that everyone knew was worth something and being used in trade. Eventually making it’s way to wherever.

Probably a modern hoax tho.


10 posted on 09/13/2018 1:07:21 PM PDT by yarddog
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He spent a lot more time drinking, hanging out and working on his boat

Egypt's first redneck pharaoh. "Hey y'all - hold muh headdress and watch this!"

16 posted on 09/14/2018 10:32:18 AM PDT by Drawsing (Fools show their annoyance at once, the prudent man overlooks an insult. Proverbs 12:16)
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