Middle schooler finds coin from Troy in Berlin

Post by nephihaha » Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 8:56 AM UTC

nickpinkston wrote: post #68

Unsure if this is the connection, but the guy who discovered Troy in the late 1800's (Heinrich Schliemann) actually brought Troy artifacts to a Berlin museum, which someone with more knowledge of Berlin than me may be able to draw more connections from. Per his Wikipedia: "In 1874 Schliemann published Troy and Its Remains. Schliemann at first offered his collections, which included Priam's Gold, to the Greek governme…

Post by nephihaha » Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 9:00 AM UTC

alephnerd wrote: post #5

lordleft wrote: post #2

I knew vaguely that Troy had many layers of settlement, but I didn't realize that Troy had an extensive life in antiquity that extended into the classical Greek age (Post-Bronze Age) and Early Roman Age. It's funny to think of Roman and Greek Tourists visiting Troy VIII in 300 BC.

Don't underestimate ancient globalization. Heck, Inuit had Chinese bronze artifacts [0] well before European contact (basically 4,000 miles). [0] - https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/archive/releases/2016/Q2/old...

Post by TeMPOraL » Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 10:04 AM UTC

hypendev wrote: post #108

hecturchi wrote: post #20

As a child I was walking down the street and kicked something by chance that sounded metallic. 150 year old coin, irrc. Just there on the asphalt next to the sidewalk. Unfortunately bronze, with trimmed edges, common mint and worth very little. But if you tell me someone just stumbles onto and old coin in the street just lime that, I pretty much believe it.

I have a similar story, but I was playing on the beach. There was a mound right next to it and I would love to play there, and the mound had some funny stones. One of them was square with something painted on it, I was fascinated by romans so I annoyed my parents with "I found a mosaic!" and took it with me. Turns out, years later, they excavated a roman villa there. Funnily enough, the same beach has roman villas, d…

Post by cenamus » Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 11:03 AM UTC

hypendev wrote: post #108

hecturchi wrote: post #20

As a child I was walking down the street and kicked something by chance that sounded metallic. 150 year old coin, irrc. Just there on the asphalt next to the sidewalk. Unfortunately bronze, with trimmed edges, common mint and worth very little. But if you tell me someone just stumbles onto and old coin in the street just lime that, I pretty much believe it.

I have a similar story, but I was playing on the beach. There was a mound right next to it and I would love to play there, and the mound had some funny stones. One of them was square with something painted on it, I was fascinated by romans so I annoyed my parents with "I found a mosaic!" and took it with me. Turns out, years later, they excavated a roman villa there. Funnily enough, the same beach has roman villas, d…

Post by ButlerianJihad » Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 12:11 PM UTC

bombcar wrote: post #118

SoftTalker wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Many years ago a friend of mine used to tip bartenders and servers with dollar coins (a dollar tip on a drink was good at the time). They remembered him for that and he got better service even though it was probably a bit of a PITA for them to deal with the coins. $2 bills could probaby be used in a similar fashion.

Tips are a good use because they go into the pocket, not the cash register - and it makes you memorable.