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kenneal - lagger wrote:The large amounts of intricate goldwork are one strand of evidence for this.
Millions of pounds of gold stolen from Peru by the Conquistadors must've made gold very cheap in Europe.
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Yes, but it's the time spent working the gold in such an intricate fashion that is the point. Also I was talking about the, so called, dark age finds of very intricate gold jewellery and weapons, the Saxon hoards,rather than more modern stuff.
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