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Winter is Coming in West Fork

KUAF | By Matthew Moore
Published December 3, 2021 at 12:05 PM CST
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Shire Post Mint
A breakable pizza coin is one of nearly 300 unique products available at Shire Post Mint

Twenty years ago, West Fork native Tom Maringer brought home a machine press and made himself a coin. Today, the Maringer family runs Shire Post Mint, a coin manufacturing facility where you can find products for Lord of the Rings, Labryinth, and the official Game of Thrones coins. Plus pizza coins.
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