Gaulish coin hoard is France’s biggest ever

French News ^ | Monday, 18 February 2008 | David Boggis

[DeaconBenjamin]

One mystery remains. No one yet has come up with a solution as to why the coin hoard was buried

Alex, What is fear of robbery or theft?

or why it was never retrieved.

What is -- the guy who buried it died without telling anyone (or gave lousy directions).

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I’ll take “gave lousy directions” for $100, Deacon.

[Smokin' Joe]

ping

[palmer]

Don’t forget to ping Axenolith.

[Red Badger]

Ka-CHING! PING!............

[CholeraJoe]

GGG ping.

[Red Badger]

Most deals in Gaulish times were by barter: coins were for the mega-rich.

The more things change, the more they stay the same..........

[MNJohnnie]

Isn’t this about the time that Caesar’s Legions were conquering Gaul?

Here is a likely for instance.

Gaulish noble buries coin horde, goes off to war, gets killed in battle or captured and enslaved. Family enslaved or driven off land so cannot recover coins.

[Adder]

“like all Gaulish coins, are copies of early Greek money.

Greeks served as mercenaries in the armies of Alexander the Great and used the money they brought home as a model for coins of their own.”

So which is it? [Probably a bit of both...]

Lets see: the Zinn/political correct version would read: Greeks, who traveled around to opress and steal from native cultures, stole their ideas for “money” and claimed it as their own idea.[sarc]

[TexasNative2000]

No one yet has come up with a solution as to why the coin hoard was buried

The Original Tax Shelter.

[RetiredArmy]

Hey, these HAVE TO ALL BE FAKES. None have Obama’s mug shot on them. Gotta be fakes. Have to be.

[popdonnelly]

My family has been looking for those coins for a long time.

[ClearCase_guy]

My family has been looking for those coins for a long time.

You've got a lot of gaul! They're mine!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Actually, I can get things done for cash for a lot less than I can with a check. I think its called the “hip money” principle.

[Red Badger]

Cash, under normal circumstances isn’t traceable. That’s why the government doesn’t want you to have any.......

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Hello, I am bank manager in Nigeria. My name is Buhari Tijani. I need your help! I am having 2,000,000 of these coins in a deposit box. I I need to pay the fees, and cannot, due to the death of my Uncle’s brother, my Father. If you send me a cashier’s check for $100,000 for the fees, I will send you 1,000,000 of these rare coins.
Thankyou my friend, and you won’t be sorry!
Buhari

[Vermont Lt]

The gold is buried under the big double-ya, under the big double-ya,

[Ditter]

WOW! What a fabulous find. I wish there was a picture of the ancient manor house where it was found.

[Enchante]

Hey this guy was MY ancestor, all the coins belong to ME.....

[Enchante]

re: #19 it’s said that all people of European descent are ‘related’ to Charlemagne (800 AD), so I assume there’s a darned good chance that going back to 50 BC this guy must be in my lineage somewhere....... too bad I have to share the fortune with a few hundred million other people......