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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 10-14-2007, 04:47 AM   #1 (permalink) Drusus Pecunia non olet     Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Houston Posts: 3,055 My Mood: You guys may get a kick out of this... German Notgeld issued by the administration of the city of Pirmasens... well known for the manufacture of shoes. __________________ Pecunia in arbotis non crescit   10-14-2007, 07:09 AM   #2 (permalink) rickyb With a name like Ricky...     Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 330 lol __________________ I found something important to put here # of coins needed in my type set: 23 state quarter bearing proof sets needed: 2008 state quarter bearing mint sets needed: 1999-2004, 2006-2008   10-14-2007, 07:32 AM   #3 (permalink) gxseries Coin Collector   Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,925 lol hilarious. Speaking of which I don't think I have ever seen any tokens or coins that do commemorate shoes. Great one! __________________ My partial list of coins: Omnicoin My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month.   10-14-2007, 10:03 AM   #4 (permalink) Bonedigger Numismatist     Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: South Dakota Posts: 7,885 While it may be known locally (The Deutsch/Germans) as a shoe center. The American GI stationed around Kaiserslautern and Zweibrucken knows it as ground Zero for ParkBrau Beer. I can proudly say I speak from experience too, LOL... Take Care Ben __________________ A few things to remember, Certification and Attribution are Absolute and Definitive. Grading, on the other hand IS NOT. STRIKE is everything, be it strong or weak. Capped Bust Half Dollars Identification Reference [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]   10-14-2007, 01:13 PM   #5 (permalink) chrisild Coin Collector     Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NW · DE · EU Posts: 2,325 Quote: Originally Posted by Bonedigger While it may be known locally (The Deutsch/Germans) as a shoe center It sure is. http://www.stadt-pirmasens.de/bilder...?album=8&pos=5 They even have a "Shoe Road" in that region, a touristic route focusing on leather and shoes. Of course shoes for the mass market come from elsewhere these days ... Christian   10-14-2007, 01:49 PM   #6 (permalink) J.Cordeiro Coin Geek     Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 103 Thank you for the picture. I have not seen that one before. [IMG]http://smileys.*************.com/cat/23/23_33_11.gif[/IMG] __________________ J.Cordeiro "I has a bucket." - Minazo. Minazo the LOLRUS, 1994-2005 Black Mountain Coins- My Favorite Forum!   10-14-2007, 02:05 PM   #7 (permalink) AnemicOak Coin Hoarder     Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: MN Posts: 875 Nice one Dru __________________ ~Brian My Coins | My Notgeld | My Currency   10-14-2007, 07:22 PM   #8 (permalink) Deguello Junior Member   Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Western Washington. Posts: 17 I was stationed near Primesans...Great piece of history there..There are home to one of the best breweries in that country also..... edit: I just reread and saw Bonedigger's comments....He hit it right on the head. Last edited by Deguello; 10-14-2007 at 07:26 PM. Reason: I do not read touroughly enough.   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. If you don't like the coin, don't trash the person. « Ancient ID Help Please | misidentified & misspelled roman coin » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Rate This Thread Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Rate This Thread: 5 : Excellent 4 : Good 3 : Average 2 : Bad 1 : Terrible Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks

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