Valmond@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 years agoWhats the oldest human made item you can buy for around 100€?message-squaremessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down11
arrow-up1102arrow-down1message-squareWhats the oldest human made item you can buy for around 100€?Valmond@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square43linkfedilink
minus-squareFree_Opinions@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up26·2 years agoRoman coins is the first thing that came to mind. There’s a ton of them out there and museums don’t want any more either. You can get one for quite cheap.
minus-squareEleventhHour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·2 years agoI find it fascinating that, because the Roman empire was so vast and lasted for so long, their defunct money is now strewn all over Europe.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoIt does help when it’s made of metal
minus-squarecalcopiritus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoYou would think that because of that, people would melt them down when they became no longer useful as currency.
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 years agoI got a bag of them for $8 on ebay
Roman coins is the first thing that came to mind. There’s a ton of them out there and museums don’t want any more either. You can get one for quite cheap.
I find it fascinating that, because the Roman empire was so vast and lasted for so long, their defunct money is now strewn all over Europe.
It does help when it’s made of metal
You would think that because of that, people would melt them down when they became no longer useful as currency.
I got a bag of them for $8 on ebay