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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collector1966, post: 1292348, member: 17919&quot;]Here&#039;s an excerpt from a Coin Talk discussion from 7 years ago:</p><p><br /></p><p>&#039;Some time ago a correspondent to the &#039;Australian Coin Review&#039; (now incorporated into the &#039;Australasian Coin &amp; Banknote Magazine&#039;) mentioned having found, what appeared to be, an unlisted Austrian Ducat dated 1752 bearing the legend &#039;FRANC. D.G. R.I.S. A. GER. IER. REX.&#039; with the portrait of Francis of Lorraine on the obverse and the legend &#039;TU DOMINE SPES MEA&#039; on the reverse. <b>It was very similar but &#039;not quite right&#039; in comparison to others of that time period. </b></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The &#039;coin&#039; was in fact manufactured and distributed on behalf of the &#039;READERS DIGEST&#039; organisation some 12 years ago as a promotional gimmick, and samples regularly turn up on market stalls in both &#039;gold&#039; and &#039;silver&#039; finishes. &quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Sounds like a fantasy piece to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t867/#ixzz1cNEL3glP" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t867/#ixzz1cNEL3glP">http://www.cointalk.com/t867/#ixzz1cNEL3glP</a></p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t867/#ixzz1cNEL3glP" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t867/#ixzz1cNEL3glP"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t867/#ixzz1cNEL3glP" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t867/#ixzz1cNEL3glP"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t867/#ixzz1cNEL3glP" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t867/#ixzz1cNEL3glP"></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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