Showerthought: That time I dropped a Roman coin and it broke my foot

I was cataloging some finds from a dig near Bath last summer and this little bronze coin slipped right out of my hand. It landed flat on my big toe and I swear I heard a crack. Turns out I broke the toe, not the coin. The coin was fine, totally undamaged, but I limped for two weeks. Has anyone else had a small artifact cause way more trouble than it should?

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grace_bailey19d agoTop Commenter

@kim693 makes a good point about surface area, but I'm not totally convinced it's a curse. Dropping a penny on your toe hurts way worse than a quarter, simple physics. My friend once dropped a heavy bronze buckle on his foot and barely felt it, but a tiny lead musket ball gave him a bruise for a week. Maybe it's just the sharp edges and weird angles on these old coins that do the damage.

kim69319d ago

and that's honestly just how the universe works sometimes lol. like how a single papercut can feel worse than a broken arm, or how stepping on a lego legit ruins your whole day but dropping a hammer on your foot is just a quick ouch. i feel like the small, dense objects have some sort of hidden curse. a pebble in your shoe will make you walk funny for an hour but a rock the size of your fist just rolls off. maybe it's about surface area and pressure or something, but honestly i think it's the universe messing with us for fun.