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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ian, post: 37342, member: 283&quot;]OK i&#039;m going to be a tad contrarian here. I don&#039;t think the coin has been ruined, although it&#039;s as much use as a one legged man in a butt kicking competition in it&#039;s current state (as far as a pure `numismatist&#039; is concerned). However, I believe that the coin could be released from it&#039;s prison and that it may not have suffered from it&#039;s imprisonment. However, I could be wrong, and in any event if you take it out to check i&#039;m pretty sure it won&#039;t go back in again. So it&#039;s best left as is.</p><p><br /></p><p>My initial thoughts about the use of the rock etc is symbolry for `this belongs to Louis XIV&#039;. That is, the land attached was discovered by the French, and it is now under the jurisdiction of the French king. Perhaps it either represents Louisianna or Canada or some spot in the Caribean? just thinking out loud of course..... </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d certainly buy it for $15+ with a good story line, but bear in mind that if you are going to use my story line i&#039;ll be expecting a cut ;-)</p><p><br /></p><p>Ian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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