tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post2901016915298074243..comments2024-03-18T22:21:01.033-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Economics & Medieval Norwegian CoinsGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-82476996443134633422012-04-18T14:37:01.522-04:002012-04-18T14:37:01.522-04:00Even a few decades ago in college, on of my profes...Even a few decades ago in college, on of my professors (who had written a book on medieval banking) opined that there 'was a lot more money moving around' than anybody really had a good idea of--and this was in reference to Anglo-Saxon England. <br /><br />Money does make the world go 'round.Eric Blairnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-74363991237945255222012-04-16T14:27:53.584-04:002012-04-16T14:27:53.584-04:00I just listened to a lecture series about the Dead...I just listened to a lecture series about the Dead Sea Scrolls. Apparently they included a copper scroll, which differs in a variety of ways from the scrolls in the main body of the find, purporting to give directions to dozens of locations of buried treasure. The treasure amounted to several dozen tons of gold and silver, none of which have ever been found, to our knowledge. The instructions were a little opaque. Now, that would be something to get your hands on! But I don't know that it was mostly in coin form -- perhaps mainly ingots.<br /><br />As one of the articles I stumbled on asked, why on earth hasn't Steven Spielberg made a movie about this yet?Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.com