Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Old coins 7


Now these guys are really old. How old? Well, there's a high probability that they are older than your religion, whatever that is. These are old Roman coins from various periods, found as dug relics in Europe. This, evidently, is quite common over there. I don't pretend to know much about them, although I've had friends identify a few of them by sight (I really don't care, myself). I think they are cool - makes you wonder what happens to our coins in 2000 years, huh?

Most of these are copper, brass, or bronze, although a few are slightly ferrous as they stick to a strong magnet (not as strongly as steel, but enough to be lifted off a surface without falling).

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