Coin Discovery Thrills Archaeologists (Norway)

AftenPosten ^ | 7-12-2007

[blam]

GGG Ping.

[r9etb]

Gunhild Høvik Hansen spotted the special coin while digging herself.

The caption struck me funny....

"Gee, I sure do dig myself. I mean, I really, really dig myself. Oh, look! Here's a special coin!"

[Red Badger]

Render unto Caesar........Fork it over!.......

[r9etb]

"This is exciting," he exclaimed. "There weren't very many coins in Norway during the 1100s."

What did they use instead ... buckets of Lutefisk?

[squarebarb]

Me trade you wife for walrus, ja?

[blam]

"What did they use instead ... buckets of Lutefisk?"

I don't know. I'm an R1b and was in Ireland when all that was going on. Those people are likely to be R1a's and 'I's'. (Some U5's and V's too)

[HoustonTech]

I’m always excited to find a little money.

[r9etb]

Uh, Ok.... I’ll bite: what’s an R1b?

[Brilliant]

“It remains unclear where the coin came from, possibly Germany or England.”

I would guess England. Probably booty in a viking raid.

[Verginius Rufus]

I don’t remember the date, but there was a medieval Norwegian coin found in an archaeological site in Maine (Indian village), maybe 1100s or 1200s. That to my mind is more exciting than finding a Norwegian coin in Norway—since it suggests continuing contact with North America long after the period that we know of from the sagas. (The Norse didn’t necessarily get to Maine—the coin might have been traded from one Indian tribe to another—but then again they might have.)

[nesnah]

Shoot, I’d rather find a chunk of Nokkelost. Cannot find that anywhere, and would sure love some.

[FreedomOfExpression]

The caption struck me funny....

"Gee, I sure do dig myself. I mean, I really, really dig myself. Oh, look! Here's a special coin!"

I thought it was pretty funny, too.

Maybe it has something to do with the translation.

[Freedomsfriend]

Ask for Leiden next time. It is the Dutch version of Nokkelost. Semi hard cheese with caraway seeds. We grate it and put it on a slice of buttered bread. We buy it in Alaska so they should have it where you live.

[PissAndVinegar]

Gaaaah!!!

I doubt I’m the only coin collecting Freeper...

Does it make anyone else cringe when they see people man handling these millennium old coins like they are?

Hold it from the edges!!! Get your greasy fingers off the face!!

(ok - I feel better now :)

[blam]

"Uh, Ok.... I’ll bite: what’s an R1b?"

Haplogroup R1b (Y-DNA)

[Aquinasfan]

I guess archaeologists are easily excited.

Imagine the excitement in the year 3000 A.D. when a Lincoln penny is unearthed!

[TexasRepublic]

Very cøøl.

[ozzymandus]

Uh, I’m pretty sure that coin isn’t in MS-65 condition.

[colorado tanker]

She’s cute, but I’d rather see a close-up of the coin. :-))