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[bold_in_deed]

Ilia T shared a photo. 4/2 near Grub Mart

Hey history nerds. Or coin collectors Anyone know where this coin is from? Got it in the mail, and I don't recognize it. Certainly nothing from the States or the UK. I tried reverse image search and nothing came up. And this is on the heels of having one of those hallucinations everyone else has been having. It was... bizarre, to say the least. At least this thing seems innocuous enough.

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[bold_in_deed]

honestly i'd laugh at the thought but it's almost possible and frankly, i don't want to jinx it

it's definitely metal. it's colored like gold, but i don't know if it actually IS or just colored to look like it

[caelestialis]

Sounds like we can at least narrow the time it was made due to the material its made of and the level of details it shows. Not by much though. From what I'm reading, the way this coin could have been made around the 16th century?

It looks like it could have been handmade, like the way old coins were done by hammer, but there is cause to believe a screw press could have had a hand in its creation.

[bold_in_deed]

...wow how much reading did you do??

if it was made around that time, then it's weird nothing is turning up on it. like if it was from an ancient civilization, i can maybe see why the internet doesn't know what it is. but something from that time should have turned up, i would think.

[caelestialis]

I'm a bookworm! I'm more of a fantasy and folklore lady but sometimes the stories mention interesting things that I have to read up.

[ she had originally written a whole paragraph explaining how she become briefly fascinated with the coin minting. then she catches herself when she starts talking about her favourite character. whoops.

so she deletes all of that and simply adds, ] It can be surprisingly useful in times like these. Especially if you have a lot of some poor books just riddled with bookmarks and sticky notes that are labelled in a certain way.

I wouldn't be surprised if it was something just meant for you, honestly. It seems to be a running theme with the users here. Finding strange items that later on have some sort of connection. Could it be the same for you? Where did you find it?

[bold_in_deed]

you certainly put most 'worms i know to shame. i do some reading but even i'm not that dedicated. not that it's a bad thing

i'm starting to think it is. no one recognizes it, and i get this uneasy feeling at the thought of parting with it. it was sent to me in the mail.
from retrospec, i believe.

[caelestialis]

From Restropsec? Oh wow that changes everything then in my opinion.

That means it must be for you. Somehow. I thought a necklace that was sent to me wasn't mine but apparently it is from the visions I've seen. Maybe you need to do something with the coin to get a vision for yourself. Maybe flip it? Hold it up in the light? Pass it along to someone?

[bold_in_deed]

oh like, do different things to see if it triggers a hallucination-memory thing? that might work.

[caelestialis]

Hopefully. Do you need help with it?

I know I'm a stranger and all but if you need a hand in trying to figure out what this is, I'll be more than happy to lend one.

[bold_in_deed]

it's appreciated. i'll let you know. gonna try and figure out what and when this thing is from, if possible first. and who knows, it might come to me along the way

[caelestialis]

If you ever need more help, let me know! I'm here to help.

And my name is Ainsley Menodora. Sorry for not letting you know that right away!

[bold_in_deed]

thank you

oh, right. introductions. I'm Ilia. nice to meet you, even under such weirdo circumstances.

[caelestialis]

It's wonderful to meet you, Ilia! These are pretty weird circumstances but I think we can work this out long as we help each other.

Could you imagine what it'll be like if we didn't have this app to at least communicate with others? It'll be pretty frustrating to solve any of this all alone, I bet.

[bold_in_deed]

i hope you're right. i just kind of dread what they'll do next

true enough, though things started going crazy shortly after the app was introduced, from what I can tell. though i guess it'd be weird to blame it all on the app itself. i think

[caelestialis]

[ but it's fun to blame the app!

seriously- ] You have a point there. I guess we can't always point fingers at the company whenever something happens. It may possibly be a common thread amongst them all but it can't be the heart of the problem.

It's scary to think a mere company is doing all of this after all. Brrr! Talk about corrupt executives.

[bold_in_deed]

this goes beyond corrupt and into just plain freaky. i want to know how they're even capable of doing anything they've done