Merf
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- Jan 7, 2007
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I want to Thank Jeff of Pa for identifying the swedish 1 or coin.
And thanks to Mackaydon for the history of AF--The king who ate himself to death.
Perfect weather here for hunting the fields. The past couple of afternoons I have been hunting a field where an old farmstead stood many years ago.
These are my finds. The large coin is a 1761 Swedish 1 or coin.
The small piece of silver looks like part of the handle of a spoon--not sure.
I could use some help IDing the buttons. The backs of the small ones are toasted---Not too old I think.
Thanks for looking and best luck to all.
[Here is Mackaydon's story about the king.]
Great find.
BTW, the AF stands for Adolphus Frederick, king of Sweden between 1751 and 1771.His bio appears here: http://www.halfvalue.com/wiki.jsp?topic=Adolf_Frederick_of_Sweden
I couldn't resist adding this 'morsel' from that source: "The king died of digestion problems on February 12, 1771 after having consumed a meal consisting of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, kippers and champagne, which was topped off with 14 servings of his favourite dessert: semla served in a bowl of hot milk. He is thus remembered by Swedish school children as "the king who ate himself to death."
Don.........
And thanks to Mackaydon for the history of AF--The king who ate himself to death.
Perfect weather here for hunting the fields. The past couple of afternoons I have been hunting a field where an old farmstead stood many years ago.
These are my finds. The large coin is a 1761 Swedish 1 or coin.
The small piece of silver looks like part of the handle of a spoon--not sure.
I could use some help IDing the buttons. The backs of the small ones are toasted---Not too old I think.
Thanks for looking and best luck to all.
[Here is Mackaydon's story about the king.]
Great find.
BTW, the AF stands for Adolphus Frederick, king of Sweden between 1751 and 1771.His bio appears here: http://www.halfvalue.com/wiki.jsp?topic=Adolf_Frederick_of_Sweden
I couldn't resist adding this 'morsel' from that source: "The king died of digestion problems on February 12, 1771 after having consumed a meal consisting of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, kippers and champagne, which was topped off with 14 servings of his favourite dessert: semla served in a bowl of hot milk. He is thus remembered by Swedish school children as "the king who ate himself to death."
Don.........
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