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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;panzerman, post: 2926078, member: 77704&quot;]Got this little Gem from Rauch Auction.</p><p>Obv. Franz I (Holy Roman Emperor)</p><p>Rev. Double Headed Habsburg Eagle</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1526 Sulieman the Magnificent crushed the Hungarian Army led by Louis II at Mohacs. The old kingdom of Hungary was now occupied by the Ottoman Turks. Transylvania became a vassal state allied to the Sultan. By 1683/ the Habsburg armies &quot;liberated&quot; Hungary from Ottoman rule/ seeing the writting on the wall, Michael Apafi stepped down as Prince and invited Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I to add Transylvania to the Empire, also included in the deal was a specially minted 100 Dukaten Michael Apafi gold presentation coin![ATTACH=full]709571[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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