ROMAN COINS

Anthony Moore · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 2

Hi All
I have got some real Roman coins will it be ok to put them in with my
goldfish?
Cheers Tony

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Gunther · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 137

In article ,
anthony.moore7@ntlworld.com says...
> Hi All
> I have got some real Roman coins will it be ok to put them in with my
> goldfish?
> Cheers Tony
>
What sort of Roman coins? I've got a 1st century Nero as,
not particularly valuable, probably provincial, paid < $75.
I wouldn't dream of putting it in an aquarium for fear of
ruining the coin. The alloys used weren't the purest, and
for pity sake, it's 2000 years old! Mine's quite fragile --
a fingerprint can result in a bloom of corrosion.

If yours are that old, I'd not do it. The fish won't care.
As to what it will do to the water, who knows?
W/r/t modern coins, dunno. Probably OK -- I have some brass
airline fittings underwater that have about the same mass as
a coin, and they seem OK.

Gunther

Charles · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 91

On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 10:43:25 +0100, "Anthony Moore"
wrote:

>Hi All
>I have got some real Roman coins will it be ok to put them in with my
>goldfish?
>Cheers Tony
>

NO.

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- Charles
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