Hiker finds rare 2000-year-old gold coin in northern Israel

[Car Nut]

The authority said she will receive a certificate of appreciation for handing over the coin. WTH!

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Hiker-finds-rare-2000-year-old-gold-coin-in-northern-Israel-447848

 

[GetX'd]

Sounds like a square deal...... A piece of paper for a coin worth a fortune. The benevolent government .....

 

[MarPar]

oye, whata kick in the batahat

 

[72Fourspeed]

Shouldn't it go to the Italian government ? I mean " Render unto Caesar......." Looks an emperor on that coin to me !

 

[mopar 3 B]

2000 years old. Yep that would be Ceasers. Question is who lost it?

 

[kowalski]

She just learned how government works- you volunteer you have it, they figure a way to
claim it!

 

[DART340H]

I'd keep it. F the gov'ment!

 

[72Fourspeed]

I just re- read the news article. It was found on an archaeological site . That's the angle.

 

[steve from staten island]

The coin does not belong to that woman who found it. Four speed is correct in that according to news articles it was a archaeological site and whatever found there belongs to the state. I believe those laws apply to this country as well. She did the right thing and deserves congratulations.

 

[Budnicks]

Too bad she wasn't given more appreciative considerations monetary compensation for her
extremely valuable find...
Even if it's owned by the state they didn't find it, she did...

Unfortunately life's not fair, even in Ireland...

Typical gubmant BS even over there...

 

[Bb70charger500]

In the pocket it would of gone . I would of replaced it with a quarter or something just to be fair

 

[steve from staten island]

I would agree the state could have been more appreciative of this lady,what she discovered and her honesty. However considering the circumstances keeping the coin would amount to stealing. If for example last summer my wife lost her diamond ring in our backyard our private property and this summer a guest walking on the grass discovers it. Who does it belong to?Her property,her ring. The same situation exists with what happened with this coin. Id also think if the woman did keep it and tried to sell it and was caught she good be in legal trouble

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

She vus a nice yiddisha cup:cheers2:

 

[Richard Cranium]

If for example last summer my wife lost her diamond ring in our backyard our private property and this summer a guest walking on the grass discovers it. Who does it belong to?Her property,her ring. The same situation exists with what happened with this coin.

Big difference is the coin was lost 2,000 years ago and no one knows who it belonged to. The same would go for your wife's ring 2,000 years from now should she loose it. Having a government lay claim to it is BS, no matter whose government we are talking about.

Personally, I would have kept my mouth shut and a year later say that it was a family heirloom and it was time to cash it in.

 

[72Fourspeed]

Would that coin have bought your Hemi Charger, R.C.? If so, that coin would stay "lost."

 

[69roadr]

Big difference is the coin was lost 2,000 years ago and no one knows who it belonged to. The same would go for your wife's ring 2,000 years from now should she loose it. Having a government lay claim to it is BS, no matter whose government we are talking about.

Personally, I would have kept my mouth shut and a year later say that it was a family heirloom and it was time to cash it in.

yep. as RC clearly stated: "finders keepers losers weepers"

 

[Timmayy]

It is a tough call. It was on an archaeological site and she could be brought up on charges of theft if she kept it. A lot of archaeologist find rare items on sites and get no monetary value from it. Some are students and some are volunteers.
Me? I may have just held onto it and brought it to Pawn Stars and then bought a Hemi.