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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3013262, member: 10461&quot;]I say &quot;surprise package&quot; because in the time it took to cross the Atlantic, I had forgotten [USER=79017]@Andres2[/USER] had told me he was sending me this.</p><p><br /></p><p>What a fun gift!&nbsp; Thank you!</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a handsome set of ancient coin replicas put out by BP.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure when.&nbsp; I like these better than the series of Presidential tokens put out by Shell Oil in this country in the late 1950s/early 1960s.&nbsp; These are quite classy looking replicas in their green frame.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]747626[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]747627[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is likely to be as close as I&#039;ll ever get to a Croesus stater or Syracusan dekadrachm.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]747628[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It came this afternoon.&nbsp; Apparently Customs had opened the package, and also rather crudely tore open the inner envelope... then never resealed it! It was open when I received the package, though happily the contents were intact and none of the tokens had come loose from the frame, because they would have fallen out of the open end of the package.</p><p><br /></p><p>This set looks nice on the wall near my bedside table, above the vintage etching&nbsp; [USER=82194]@dadams[/USER] sent me.&nbsp; Since those two things hang below the chronometer from the boat we lived aboard when I was a kid, they&#039;re among the first things I see when I open my eyes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks, guys! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]747629[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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