Asleep at the wheel for the steal of the weekend!!

keets

I had this Norse Medal on my watch list and forgot about it!!! Simply unbelievable that a click away and it was to be had.

Al H.

Editted to add that i just looked at the listing again and noticed that it was ended by the seller and didn't close without a bid. Whew, now I don't feel so bad!!

Placid

Says the seller ended it early. E-mail and ask how much

SeattleSlammer

It appears that no one bid on it....just contact the seller and make an offer.

numobri

At $9.77 the coin was a steal.If i wanted it,i'd contact the seller and ask what they wanted for it.

keets

i just looked at the bid history and it shows eight bids up to $94.05 before the seller cancelled them. this is a strange one. on a similar note, i saw a Brian Boru SC$ at a dealers table with a similar design. every time i think of the Vikings sailing across the Atlantic in an open rowboat...............either they had mega-cajones or were stupid and lost.

gotta figure that either way they were glad to touch America's shores. peculiar that there never seems to be mention made of the Vikings return home.

al h.

zenny

from those photos it looks like a pretty nice 62...

numobri

I think the Vikings were desperatet,macho,and stupid.

As for the coin,some one offered the seller a price he coulded refuse.JMO.

Conder101

The viking ships were not just some dinky little rowboat though. Also they didn't cross all in one hop. They woud stop in Iceland and Greenland on the way. Thirdly there HAVE been several people in modern times that HAVE crossed the Atlantic in a rowboat, and I believe SOLO. I think the record for the smallest boat was one was just over 10 feet long.

flaminio

<< <i>It appears that no one bid on it....just contact the seller and make an offer. >>



A lot of people bid on it -- check the bids. He just wasn't getting the price he wanted, and so he ended it early. I hate sellers who do that.

keets

hey Mike

i think you catch my drift about the Vikings and their crossings. to accomplish something like that in a craft that was crudely hand built and at least semi-human powered with no navigational assistance aside from whoever had proven himself as the best navigator is quite impressive. given the sometime fierce nature of the North Atlantic and sailing towards an unknown destination in uncharted waters, well, need i go on. their feats are something which should be admired and not minimized in the least. the soloists of today bear only a slight comparison, in my mind at least.

al h.