Valmond@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhats the oldest human made item you can buy for around 100€?message-squaremessage-square46fedilinkarrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareFree_Opinions@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up26·1 month 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-down1·1 month 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-up2·1 month agoIt does help when it’s made of metal
minus-squarecalcopiritus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·30 days 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-down1·1 month 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