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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 3824573, member: 57463&quot;]Great write-up! I note that the <b>extreme cold and scorched earth policy</b> should have been a history lesson to at least two armies later on... </p><p><br /></p><p>And <b>Charles XII was killed by a projectile</b> (arrow? stone?) while inspecting the trenches. Yes, in the good old days the civil authority went out with the troops. I still think that it is a great idea but the capture of Napolean III at Sedan pretty much put an end to that line of thinking.</p><p><br /></p><p>Back on subject, the coins are interesting in their own right, but the overstrike was well worth pointing out.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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