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Very nice coin!
Pius VII seems to have been a gentle and very longsuffering man. Will Durant, in his book The Age of Napoleon, writes:

"Napoleon himself, between abdications, admitted his misjudgment of Pius VII. 'I always believed the Pope to be a man of very weak character. . . . I treated him harshly. I was wrong. I was blind.' Pius, on the other hand, had never underestimated Napoleon, had in many ways admired him, and showed a certain tenderness for him when his former jailor became a prisoner in turn. When Napoleon's mother complained to the Pope that the English were mistreating her son on St. Helena, Pius begged Cardinal Consalvi to intercede for his fallen foe."​

 

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Beautifull Doppia!

 

A few new purchases.
Franconian Circle (c/m on Henneberg-Ilmenau)

Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Guatemala

Colombia

 

What's the denomination. Nice coin.

 

Originally 2/3 thaler revalued to 60 kreuzer. The counter mark also exists on several other coins if the same size from other states. There are also examples counter marked by Cologne. Done during the second financial crisis in the late 17th century.

 

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