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Hoard of coins from Norman Conquest is Britain's most valuable treasure find

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Re: Hoard of coins from Norman Conquest is Britain's most valuable treasure find

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kombookcha wrote: post #42
Loughla wrote: post #18

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If I was looking for one of those coins as a gift for a friend who is very into ancient Greece, where would I go? Bearing in mind that I know nothing about ancient Greece and coins in equal parts.

If you want to be sure it's legit, try the site vcoins - they have a good selection of shops specializing in ancient greek coinage, and they have a good reputation for vetting. Is there any particular city state / public person your friend is fond of? I'd plug that in their search bar and see what comes up.

Actually that's a really good question. I'll have to surreptitiously dig to find out.

And by dig, I mean ask literally anything and listen to the half hour lecture.

Thanks!

Re: Hoard of coins from Norman Conquest is Britain's most valuable treasure find

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jamesfinlayson wrote: post #33
Loughla wrote: post #18

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If I was looking for one of those coins as a gift for a friend who is very into ancient Greece, where would I go? Bearing in mind that I know nothing about ancient Greece and coins in equal parts.

Do you have a coin shop in your town? If you do they tend to have a bit of everything (though most likely a focus on coins from the country you live in) and should have a few moderately priced ancient coins to choose from.

I do, but they do not. I'm the Midwest, small towns, coin shops are just very specific pawn shops. They have a fine selection of silver and gold new coins. Thanks for the suggestion though! I may drive to the nearest urban center to look. I hadn't thought of that.

Re: Hoard of coins from Norman Conquest is Britain's most valuable treasure find

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wl wrote: post #78
Loughla wrote: post #18

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If I was looking for one of those coins as a gift for a friend who is very into ancient Greece, where would I go? Bearing in mind that I know nothing about ancient Greece and coins in equal parts.

I would choose another gift. The trade in ancient coins encourages looters to dig up ancient archeological sites, destroying their value to archeology.

Yeah, I get that. I guess maybe I was hoping for a coin with some kind of certified providence. Like gems mined without slave labor sort of thing.

Re: Hoard of coins from Norman Conquest is Britain's most valuable treasure find

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Post by ascorbic »

yieldcrv wrote: post #73
zdragnar wrote: post #68

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And now everyone gets to benefit via the museum rather than letting it hide in a private collection.

yes, but when compared to the US tax laws, that incentivize the same thing at much stricter limits, its not really worth saying since its a given the US has a maximum 30% tax deduction for donated assets, while the UK has 100%. they both allow you to carry forward that tax deduction where it exceeds your current year tax liability. (I was inaccurate earlier, the carry forward is 3-5 years in both jurisdictions) good…

I'm not a tax lawyer, but as I understand it the 100% deduction is only for items accepted in lieu of inheritance tax, so not something you'll be rolling forward. The Cultural Gifts Scheme (which didn't exist at the time of the Sutton Hoo donation) does allow donations to be set against other taxes, but that is only to 30% of the value.

Re: Hoard of coins from Norman Conquest is Britain's most valuable treasure find

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Post by ascorbic »

Lio wrote: post #71
jnsaff2 wrote: post #52

Obligatory mention: TV series Detectorists [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detectorists

Great show and I thoroughly recommend it but... Everyone in it seems to be doing these dodgy "oo ur" West Country farmer caricature. I can't think of a single character with an actual Suffolk accent. If I compare to The Dig[1], another great film about finding buried treasure in Suffolk[2], Ralph Fiennes nails it[3]. It's like the good ol' days when the BBC used get Rada trained actors to put on "Cockney" accents to…

Detectorists is filmed in Suffolk, but it's set in Essex. Not that that makes the accents any more appropriate. Mackenzie Crook is just using his natural accent though, which is Kentish.

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Post by eru »

kasey_junk wrote: post #57
eru wrote: post #46

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It depends a lot on the basket you are choosing. Picking the 'BigMac index' might be fun, ie you try to price a Big Mac. (Since the Big Mac doesn't contain any tomatoes, you could probably have made a reasonable Big Mac clone in the Middle Ages.) It gets ridiculous, if you go by the price of eg the amount of computation a human can do in a year. Or 'ice cubes in the height of summer'.

The sesame seeds in the bun would be a trade good. And there are tomatoes in the special sauce.

> The sesame seeds in the bun would be a trade good.

Yes, but they were available in the Middle Ages.

> And there are tomatoes in the special sauce.

OK, I didn't know that. They didn't have tomatoes in the European Middle Ages before contact with the New World was established.

But you can probably come reasonably close enough to a Big Mac knockoff with stuff they had available in the Middle Ages.

Re: Hoard of coins from Norman Conquest is Britain's most valuable treasure find

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Post by kasey_junk »

eru wrote: post #86
kasey_junk wrote: post #57

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The sesame seeds in the bun would be a trade good. And there are tomatoes in the special sauce.

> The sesame seeds in the bun would be a trade good. Yes, but they were available in the Middle Ages. > And there are tomatoes in the special sauce. OK, I didn't know that. They didn't have tomatoes in the European Middle Ages before contact with the New World was established. But you can probably come reasonably close enough to a Big Mac knockoff with stuff they had available in the Middle Ages.

Sure. It’s just going to be expensive.
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