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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;komokwa, post: 210364, member: 301&quot;]funny that....here&#039;s what i&#039;m reading now....by co-inkydink....</p><p><br /></p><p>Israel on Wednesday unveiled the largest collection of medieval gold coins ever found in the country, accidentally discovered by amateur divers and dating back about a thousand years.</p><p><br /></p><p>The find was made two weeks ago near the Israeli port city of Caesarea and consists of some 2,000 coins, weighing about 6 kilograms (13 pounds), the Israel Antiquities Authority said.</p><p><br /></p><p>Robert Kool, the Israel Antiquities Authority’s curator of coins, said the find was in excellent condition. The coins did not require any cleaning or conservation despite having been at the bottom of the sea for about a millennium.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Gold is a noble metal and is not affected by air or water,” he said. “Several of the coins that were found in the assemblage were bent and exhibit teeth and bite marks, evidence they were ‘physically’ inspected by their owners or the merchants.”</p><p><br /></p><p>The earliest coin exposed in the treasure was a quarter dinar minted in Palermo, Sicily, in the second half of the 9th century.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>So...folks bin bitin gold coins.......or any gold...4 a loooong time !!!!</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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