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Name: Birka Geocoin Item: SG02 Size: 2" (50.8 x 50.8 3.5 mm) Description: Trackable at geocaching.com with own icon. Custom prefix "SE".
Birka; Swedens first Viking town. Outmost ring: Symbols found on objects in Birka excavations. Big outer ring: Map of Birka with the name of saint Ansgar and the island name Björkö in runic alphabeth. By the viking ship the viking symbol for the sun. Blue ring: Birka in runic alphabeth. Center of the coin: Mjölner; the hammer of the Thunder god Thor. The Birka cross
A young monk named Ansgar arrived in Birka in the year 830 to spread the Christian gospels. Many of the inhabitants were baptised and there was a small church in the town. Nevertheless, most of the people in Birka were heathens.
Veight: 64 gr (with coin flip) Type: SG02-1 Birka: 2-tone.Gold & Silver+Color Sold out SG02-2 Birka: Gold + Color Sold out SG02-3 Birka: Antique silver Sold out SG02-4 Birka: Gold + Foggy Gold Sold out --------------------------------------------- SG02-5: Birka RGB: Gold Sold out SG02-6: Birka AE (Silver) Sold out SG02-7: Birka Foggy Silver Sold out SG02-8: Birka Antique Bronze Sold out
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