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<p>[QUOTE="TheNickelGuy, post: 8181181, member: 20201"]<font size="6"><b>1981 Rip Van Winkle</b></font></p><p>Large 3 inch Calendar Medal</p><p>Franklin Mint</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1430376[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p> [ATTACH=full]1430377[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>"Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by American author Washington Irving published in 1819. It follows a man in colonial America named Rip Van Winkle who falls asleep in the Catskill Mountains and wakes up twenty years later.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1430379[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>One autumn day, to escape his wife's nagging, Van Winkle wanders into the mountains with his dog, Wolf. Hearing his name called out, Van Winkle sees a man wearing antiquated Dutch clothing; he is carrying a keg up the mountain and requires help. Together, the men and Wolf proceed to a hollow in which Rip discovers the source of thunderous noises: a group of ornately dressed, silent, bearded men who are playing nine-pins.</p><p>Van Winkle does not ask who they are or how they know his name. Instead, he begins to drink some of their Jenever and soon falls asleep.</p><p>When he awakens on the mountain, Van Winkle discovers shocking changes. </p><p>His musket is rotting and rusty, his beard is a foot long, and his dog is nowhere to be found. He returns to his village, where he recognizes no one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Van Winkle learns that the men he met in the mountains are rumored to be the ghosts of Henry Hudson's crew, which had vanished long ago, and that he has been away from the village for at least 20 years. His grown daughter takes him in. He resumes his usual idleness, and his strange tale is solemnly taken to heart by the Dutch settlers, particularly by the children who say that whenever thunder is heard, the men in the mountains must be playing nine-pins. The henpecked husbands in the area often wish they could have a sip of Van Winkle's elixir to sleep through their own wives' nagging.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>I also have this bullion bar</i></p><p><font size="6"><b>1976 Hamilton Mint</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>Rip Van Winkle </b></font></p><p><font size="5">.999 Silver 1 Troy Oz</font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1430385[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TheNickelGuy, post: 8181181, member: 20201"][SIZE=6][B]1981 Rip Van Winkle[/B][/SIZE] Large 3 inch Calendar Medal Franklin Mint [ATTACH=full]1430376[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1430377[/ATTACH] "Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by American author Washington Irving published in 1819. It follows a man in colonial America named Rip Van Winkle who falls asleep in the Catskill Mountains and wakes up twenty years later. [ATTACH=full]1430379[/ATTACH] One autumn day, to escape his wife's nagging, Van Winkle wanders into the mountains with his dog, Wolf. Hearing his name called out, Van Winkle sees a man wearing antiquated Dutch clothing; he is carrying a keg up the mountain and requires help. Together, the men and Wolf proceed to a hollow in which Rip discovers the source of thunderous noises: a group of ornately dressed, silent, bearded men who are playing nine-pins. Van Winkle does not ask who they are or how they know his name. Instead, he begins to drink some of their Jenever and soon falls asleep. When he awakens on the mountain, Van Winkle discovers shocking changes. His musket is rotting and rusty, his beard is a foot long, and his dog is nowhere to be found. He returns to his village, where he recognizes no one. Van Winkle learns that the men he met in the mountains are rumored to be the ghosts of Henry Hudson's crew, which had vanished long ago, and that he has been away from the village for at least 20 years. His grown daughter takes him in. He resumes his usual idleness, and his strange tale is solemnly taken to heart by the Dutch settlers, particularly by the children who say that whenever thunder is heard, the men in the mountains must be playing nine-pins. The henpecked husbands in the area often wish they could have a sip of Van Winkle's elixir to sleep through their own wives' nagging. [I]I also have this bullion bar[/I] [SIZE=6][B]1976 Hamilton Mint[/B] [B]Rip Van Winkle [/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=5].999 Silver 1 Troy Oz[/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]1430385[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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