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This Japanese Guy Took Coin Stacking To A Whole New Level

Megi7 — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 00:12:19 +0000

A guy from Japan posts on his Twitter account mind-blowing photos of coin stacking that defy gravity. Check it out

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Construction Workers Find 1,300 Pounds Of Roman Coins Discovered In Spain

Megi7 — Sun, 01 May 2016 23:14:58 +0000

Construction workers working in Spain recently stumbled across quite the discovery. They unearthed 1,300 lbs of Roman coins that stashed away in amphoras. It’s believed that the coins were to be used to pay taxes to the Roman Empire.

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Famous Portraits Painted onto Coins

Megi7 — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 00:24:44 +0000

Tales You Lose is a project by a Brazilian artist and designer Andre Levy. He paints portraits on different coins.

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Fake Numismatic Coins

Megi7 — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 23:30:12 +0000

Fake numismatic coin production in China.

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Treasure Found After Decades Search

Megi7 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:12:04 +0000

Two men spent the better part of 30 years searching for buried treasure, which they incredibly finally found.

Reg Mead, 70, and Richard Miles, in his 40s, are two amateur British metal detectors that have been diligently searching for their buried treasure for three decades. Their persistence paid off when after using a metal detector called a deepseeker they discovered a huge collection of Celtic coins from the first century BC in Jersey.

The thirty to fifty thousand coins fetch around £200 each, which means the total value is around £10M. The coins were discovered packed in clay three feet under a hedge in a farmer’s field and are believed to be from the Celtic tribe Coriosolitae. The coins were buried because of the advancing Julius Ceasar army, but were obviously never recovered by the original owners.

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