The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 11, March 13, 2005, Article 16

MELTED MEDALLIONS?

We recently discussed some interesting ancient gold medallions
(see The E-Sylum: Volume 8, Number 7, February 13, 2005).
Henry Bergos writes: "I remember reading about some French
workers finding Roman Medallions. They were told that they
were counterfeiting them and would land in prison if they didn't
stop. The workers MELTED them!!! They were gold and
from the first 1/3 of the fourth century. As I remember it this
happened in 1924 as they were building a subway in Paris."

[Have any of our readers ever heard such a tale?
-Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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