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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3532748, member: 10461"]<b><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eclectic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eclectic" rel="nofollow">Eclectic</a></b>. You have to pay a monthly bill to get <i>electric</i>. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I remember you liking the King John penny, which kind of surprises me. That's not the sort of thing a US collector who hasn't collected medievals would normally gravitate to. But it grabbed my attention, too. I like that it came from a huge buried hoard that was found in France 1970. It had originally been buried with thousands of other medieval coins. Archaeologists found traces of the cloth sack they were buried in, still sticking to some of the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Henry VI groat from the Reigate hoard was found in a clay pot.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]938625[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Coins with known provenance, like from a hoard or shipwreck, sure are fun and fascinating, with the stories they tell. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3532748, member: 10461"][B][URL='https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eclectic']Eclectic[/URL][/B]. You have to pay a monthly bill to get [I]electric[/I]. :p I remember you liking the King John penny, which kind of surprises me. That's not the sort of thing a US collector who hasn't collected medievals would normally gravitate to. But it grabbed my attention, too. I like that it came from a huge buried hoard that was found in France 1970. It had originally been buried with thousands of other medieval coins. Archaeologists found traces of the cloth sack they were buried in, still sticking to some of the coins. The Henry VI groat from the Reigate hoard was found in a clay pot. [ATTACH=full]938625[/ATTACH] Coins with known provenance, like from a hoard or shipwreck, sure are fun and fascinating, with the stories they tell. :)[/QUOTE]
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