Worked All Day and All I Got is this Penny...

=> ??? .... Hey Noob, are you a Viking-type-guy?? (from your random Noob-photos you didn't strike me as being an Eric the Red type?)

 

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As a student of history, your post prompted me to seek more information on Cnut, Ancientnoob...........quite the interesting fellow. That's what I love about you ancient guys........you're always sending me on a new discovery mission.

Oh, beautiful coin too. And while I avidly collect US moderns and bullion I find that I must also agree with Dougs' post above.....

 

hello, I live in Frida country as I look to the map )
As we say a part of Netherlands is Called Friesland !!
Have a nice evening

 

Why yes Steve, the oldest document in my possession is my maternal Great x 2 grandparents boarding pass from Sweden.

 

Oh and the big Ellis Island photo I might be able to muster a post.

 

Ah, the Frisians..........anyone ever see the movie The War Lord starring Charlton Heston? Good flic........

 

=> ummm, was that "The Return of the Return of the Planet of the Apes?"

 

that's a pretty aweosme coin AN. i'm not familiar with the type, but like JA, i would assume that is a VERY high grade coin. nice little write up as well!

have have absolutely nothing to post here.

 

The coin was graded on the flip EF. I would have to agree, I don't think it looked much different then it did when it fell from the dies.

 

Then as far as I am concerned my mission is complete!

 

For anyone of Swedish descent, look up Jenny Nyström, 1854-1946, and you will find a superb artist and illustrator. She designed and painted hundreds of picture post cards and magazine covers of children and especially Swedish Christmas traditions, including portrayals of the juletomte.

Won't tell you what that is, read and find out. Her 1900s postcards are VERY collectible, I have 4 or 5.

 

The Byzantine(Eastern Roman)Emperors in Constantinople hired Viking guards, called The Varangion guard.700- 1100 AD.
The name Viking comes from a language called "Old Norse" and means a pirate raid, people who went off raiding in ships were said to be "going Viking"
My Grandfather came here from Norway settle in Washington and moved to Canada. my little brother went to Canada and see a 10x10 log cabin that my dad grew up. in the thirty's they move back to Everett Washington. i married a Norse woman, we all have axes and knives.

 

...and we love everyone else's coins....

 

My ancestors hail from Sweden and Germany.......

 

We are the same!

 

I have never seen a 1000-year old coin, nor do I collect them. But, this coin is extremely impressive looking and wonderfully preserved. Your photo really captures its history and beauty.