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    Congrats Donnie B, you won the Medieval Silver Coin!

    I wanted to keep this fair so I drank 6 beers until everything was blurry and I couldn't read the names. I threw all the scraps of paper up in the air and 30 minutes later when I woke up I picked one at random. Congrats Donnie! pm me your address.
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    Congrats, Donnie!

    Thanks for doing this, Dave!

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    Congrats Donnie!
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    Quote Originally Posted by DaddyDigger View Post
    I wanted to keep this fair so I drank 6 beers until everything was blurry and I couldn't read the names. I threw all the scraps of paper up in the air and 30 minutes later when I woke up I picked one at random. Congrats Donnie! pm me your address.
    Wow! I can't believe it! Thank you so much! I don't have a medieval coin in my collection and I have been very envious of your digs. Are you sure you read the name correctly after six beers?!? Lol! I will send you a PM shortly. Thanks again!!! Wow!!!
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    Congrats Donnie

    Quote Originally Posted by DaddyDigger View Post
    I wanted to keep this fair so I drank 6 beers until everything was blurry and I couldn't read the names. I threw all the scraps of paper up in the air and 30 minutes later when I woke up I picked one at random. Congrats Donnie! pm me your address.
    Well done , you're a generous guy Dave !
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    Just to clarify, that was 6 golden BAVARIAN beers! Del knows how good those are! LOL.
    Oldest Coin: 100-60 BC Gallic bronze coin (Sequani Tribe)
    Oldest Silver Coin: 1156 hammered Pfennig from (now) Bavaria
    Oldest U.S. coin: 1805 Draped Bust Large Cent
    Best Coins EVER: 1625 4 Sols from Kingdom of Chateau Renaud, France
    1662 15 Kreuzers, Leopold I, Austria
    Best Relics: Bronze Age Arrowheads & Spearhead, 2c Roman silver ring, complete medieval knight's spur (x6)
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    Quote Originally Posted by DaddyDigger View Post
    Just to clarify, that was 6 golden BAVARIAN beers! Del knows how good those are! LOL.
    Del has me hooked on Lift your Kilt Scottish Ale now. It's the only beer I want to drink. So darn good!
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    Congrats Donnie!!
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    Medieval hammered silver! Yee haa! Good stuff!
    Congrats Donnie!
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