They tossed a coin on a Sunday morning after church. Albrecht Durer won the toss and went off to Nuremberg. Albert went down into the dangerous mines for the next four years, financed his and, brother, whose work at the academy was almost an immediate sensation. Albrecht's etchings his woodcuts, and his oils were far better than those of most of his professors, and by the time he graduated he was beginning to earn high fees for his works.