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The Trier Gold Hoard is a hoard of 2516 (or 2518) gold coins with a weight of 18.5 kg found in Trier, Germany, in September 1993 during construction works. It is described as the largest preserved Roman gold hoard worldwide.

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[–] badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wow. 2514 gold coins! What a find!

[–] squirrel@piefed.kobel.fyi 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What should we do with these 2512 gold coins?

[–] SigmarStern@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well, of course we need to preserve these 2510 gold coins for future generations!

[–] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

England would probably love to display 2508 gold coins in a museum.

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No one leaves this thread til above coin quantity is reconciled. -the mods

[–] Plum@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

..........

I found one. It must have fallen.

[–] somnuz@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

still kinda crazy for me, how they stumbled upon exactly 2500 gold coins — feels like some arbitrary, made up amount..

[–] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I'm in. But I want it to hit zero and still nobody leaves.