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36 mm in diameter. I'd note there's a superstition that a horseshoe positioned with its open end down is supposed to have all the luck run out of it.   Colligo ergo sum
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As a native Texas, I can confirm the horse shoe theory. Not the direction they should have used. That said they lasted until 1999 when they were bought out, and yet the name brand still remains.
It's a cool medallion. There are a lot of breweriana collectors as well as numismatic ephemera collectors so should be easy to get more information on.
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If you ever tasted Olympia Beer, I'd say the position of the horseshoe is correct.....  |
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If you ever tasted Olympia Beer, I'd say the position of the horseshoe is correct.....  Nice medal!  |
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As an Aussie I've never heard of Olympia beer. Then again, I only know of Coors and Millers the same way most non-Aussies think us Australians only have Fosters. Still, a cool medallion. |
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Then again, I only know of Coors and Millers the same way most non-Aussies think us Australians only have Fosters. I have been told by more than one Aussie that no self-respecting Aussie would ever drink Fosters. Is that true for you, too? |
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I have been told by more than one Aussie that no self-respecting Aussie would ever drink Fosters. Is that true for you, too?
That's pretty well the truth. Fosters is a Melbourne beer and I'm not even sure if many Melbournians drink it. You won't find Fosters on tap in most Aussie pubs and it's never on the main shelves (with popular brands) in the bottle-o. I assume the bulk of Fosters is exported OS rather than drunk in Oz. I do remember seeing a episode of Angela Lansbury's Murder She Wrote that was supposedly set in outback Australia (but filmed in a US studio with props from some western). The characters had corny nicknames like Roo and there was Fosters in almost every scene. Fosters bottles on tables and utes with slabs of Fosters in the back. You might see the odd Fosters in Melbourne but never in the outback. Am not sure if the producers genuinely thought Australians only drink Fosters or, being filmed in the States, Fosters was the only Aussie beer they could get hold of. Quite a laugh what.  |
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That tracks... Hollywood is good at just using stereotypes, or at least what typical Americans think are stereotypes. Lucky Cuss, I apologize for sending this topic off-road.  |
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jbuck - No need to apologize. Any bump is a good bump.
Colligo ergo sum
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Works for me!  |
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