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...ok ... leaving jbuck's beloved Great White North behind, we depart from the Northwest Territory's Herschel Island for a perilous flight over the Polar Cap, 3831 miles all the way to the Netherlands ...  
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United States
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...leaving Amsterdam, heading 108 miles SSW, we arrive in Belgium, city of Brussels, where this coin was minted ... 
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Pillar of the Community
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...continuing on our European journey, we leave Brussels & head 165 miles SSW tho the city of Paris, France...where these art-deco inspired coins were minted ...  
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Pillar of the Community
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...keeping this bus rolling, we reluctantly leave beautiful Paris for the city of origin, Bern, of the next coin presented here...all aboard for Switzerland ...  
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Bedrock of the Community
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From Switzerland east to Austria, where we find this 1915 gold ducat. 
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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Austria to Germany (5 Marks 1982): 
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Pillar of the Community
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Germany to Czechoslovakia ...  
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Bedrock of the Community
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Not a problem, jbuck! From Czechia travel north to Poland, which gives you access to the Baltic Sea.  
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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United States
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...skipping west across the Bering Sea, brings us to Germany, home to good beer, friendly freulines, & this coin, minted in Berlin ...  
Edited by mrwiskers 10/31/2023 4:38 pm
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Germany to Denmark (20 Kroner 1991): 
Edited by NumisRob 10/31/2023 4:41 pm
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...somehow, I get the feeling we're headed to Canada ...just a guess...lol...
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Before Canada, a quick stop in Sweden. City of Riga, Livonia. Gustav II - 3 polker (1/24 thaler), 1624: 
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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,...Man, that's beauty...really like the small, silver, hammered coins ... 
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Sweden to Finland, 2016 2 Euro Sibelius commemorative. 
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