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rampartd

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7. Vikings, Visigoths , tax collectors the usual suspects

Reply to wolfie001 (Reply #5)

Wed Dec 17, 2025, 09:31 AM

Dec 17

i keep one of each, women quarter and such . a cheap hobby at that level.

If the vikings had invented crypto currency they wouldn't need to pillage france.

have a nice morning, wolfie

i am somewhat outraged that a living person is being pressed into usa coinage.

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