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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Siggi Palma, post: 1414054, member: 18255&quot;]I know this is not a coin but I know you will forgive me as it´s a nice piece with history. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/siggipalma/1-36.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>What I have here is a pin that is very rare and actually the only piece known to exist.&nbsp; This was given in 1919 to the players of a Danish football club that came to Iceland to play the 3 best teams. </p><p><br /></p><p>This was actually the fist time a foreign country football club visited Iceland and the team called Akademisk Boldklub was at the time the best club in Denmark. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now the great thing about this is the story behind the match and visit.</p><p><br /></p><p>When the men from Denmark arrived in Iceland they were invited on a day long horse ride trough the country.&nbsp; Now I write horses and I know for those who dont, Long trips can have a huge effect on your muscles as you are using them in a way most people do not use muscles.</p><p><br /></p><p>The day after the trip the first game took place.&nbsp; And as you would guess the Danish team could hardly walk because of pain in the groin so Iceland won the fist game 4-1.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is also said that they gave the players SKYR withc is a very heavy milk dish with heavy heavy cream and half of the team threw up because of the bouncing around on the horse. </p><p><br /></p><p>I just love storys like this <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>But as I said the pin is very rare and the only one known and it allready is sparking some interest but i´m allready falling a little in love with it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Siggi[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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