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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 8279556, member: 110504&quot;]First, needs saying, all of this is completely out of my depth.&nbsp; I&#039;ve yet to get my first colonial issue from Egypt, besides the later-3rd-c. tets that were available when I was a kid. </p><p>But I&#039;m really liking the discussion of the word, tesserae, with all of its connotations, both in terms of the original, Greek etymology and its current usage in numismatic contexts.&nbsp; Thanks to everyone for getting into all of the pertinent weeds about that.</p><p>Except, Nope, [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER], you gave me some traction where none existed before.&nbsp; As in, Yep, between the age of something like 4 and 7, Daktari, the tv show, was a Thing.&nbsp; ...On a (now, you would say) tiny black and white tv.</p><p>(Faux German accent ensues: ) I haff an Ear Vorm.</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]3yl0cjXDNO0[/MEDIA]</p><p>By way of antidote, there&#039;s this, from the opposite side of the continent.</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]P273WlNJqMk[/MEDIA]</p><p>Thanks, [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER], even for the ear worm![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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