Ancient Coins Found In Iceland

Ice Land Review ^ | 11-25-2005

[blam]

11/25/2005 | 11:49

Ancient Coins found in Iceland

Morgunbladid reports that two coins from the 11th century reign of Norwegian King Haraldur which were found in the ruins of three houses which were discovered last year at Háls at Kárahnjúkar have now been examined.

The house ruins are almost 600 metres above sea level. Páll Pálsson, farmer at Adalból, found them, and Landsvirkjun (the National Power department) decided to have them examined, a process that was only completed this year.

According to Anton Holt, a coin expert at the Sedlabanki Íslands coin collection, these coins are very rare. He says that today there are only 33 other known specimens of this coin.

The value of the coins was not mentioned.

[blam]

No pictures.

[ClaudiusI]

UN officials are trying to establish a link between the Bush family and the destruction of the houses.

[inquest]

Landsvirkjun (the National Power department) decided to have them examined

Odd choice of agency to examine old coins.

Interesting article, nonetheless.

[fat city]

Congrats, blam. The Iceland Review wins the "Esoteric Source of the Day" award.

[FreeReign]

Iceland ping list bump!

[EGPWS]

UN officials are trying to establish a link between the Bush family and the destruction of the houses.

No doubt that P-38 dug up in Iceland was to blame for the destruction.

Blame Kelly Johnson!

[SteveH]

P-38 dug up in Iceland? ... or Greenland?

[Doogle]

Ancient Coins Found In Iceland

Cold Cash

Doogle

[EGPWS]

Greenland SteveH. Good catch! : )

[Right Wing Assault]

The Muslims will probably try to say they are theirs and that they were in Iceland before anyone else.

[don-o]

UN officials are trying to establish a link between the Bush family and the destruction of the houses.

Stop it..Killing me here..LMAO...

/sarcasm

Lame

[Clioman]

IAEA officials promise they won't seek sanctions as long as Icelanders don't admit finding more coins...

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Yes, but what I really want to know, is have they located the stash of silver given to the viking Kolbein by Aethelraed, and buried secretly before he died?

[blam]

GGG Ping.

[SunkenCiv]

Oh, sure, now. ;')

Thanks Blam.

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[SunkenCiv]

What's more, a search for sources of photos turned up only that one source for the story. :')

Ancient Coins found in Iceland [11th century reign of Norwegian King Haraldur]
Iceland Review | November 25 2005 | someone who doesn't know what ancient means
Posted on 11/25/2005 8:14:54 PM PST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1528693/posts

[SunkenCiv]

Update: Contrary to the article, "Norwegian King Haraldur" was not 11th century, he was 9th and into the 10th century (872 – 930). The only Norwegian King Harald was Hardrada. :')

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_I_of_Norway

[SunkenCiv]

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[SW6906]

Ping! Lots of Iceland news lately.....

[dalereed]

“Blame Kelly Johnson! “

Don’t defame Kelly, he was a personal friend of mine!