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<p>[QUOTE="coin_nut, post: 4237765, member: 80148"]Fine looking crown! It looks very historical to me, therefore it can fit in this thread. Here is a brief blurb about King Billy from Wikipedia:</p><p><b>"William III</b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language" rel="nofollow">Dutch</a>: <i>Willem</i>; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_England#cite_note-OSNS-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_England#cite_note-OSNS-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a> also widely known as <b>William of Orange</b>, was sovereign <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Orange" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Orange" rel="nofollow">Prince of Orange</a> from birth, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadtholder" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadtholder" rel="nofollow">Stadtholder</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Holland" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Holland" rel="nofollow">Holland</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Zeeland" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Zeeland" rel="nofollow">Zeeland</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lordship_of_Utrecht" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lordship_of_Utrecht" rel="nofollow">Utrecht</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelders" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelders" rel="nofollow">Guelders</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lordship_of_Overijssel" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lordship_of_Overijssel" rel="nofollow">Overijssel</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Republic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Republic" rel="nofollow">Dutch Republic</a> from the 1670s and King of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_England" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_England" rel="nofollow">England</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Ireland" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Ireland" rel="nofollow">Ireland</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Scotland" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Scotland" rel="nofollow">Scotland</a> from 1689 until his death. Popular histories usually refer to his joint reign with his wife, Queen <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_II" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_II" rel="nofollow">Mary II</a>, as that of <i>William and Mary</i>. As King of Scotland, he is known as <b>William II</b>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_England#cite_note-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_England#cite_note-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a> He is sometimes informally known as "King Billy" in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland" rel="nofollow">Northern Ireland</a> and Scotland,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_England#cite_note-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_England#cite_note-4" rel="nofollow">[4]</a> where his victory at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Boyne" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Boyne" rel="nofollow">Battle of the Boyne</a> in 1690 is still <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelfth" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelfth" rel="nofollow">commemorated</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unionism_in_the_United_Kingdom" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unionism_in_the_United_Kingdom" rel="nofollow">Unionists</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_loyalists" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_loyalists" rel="nofollow">Ulster loyalists</a>."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="coin_nut, post: 4237765, member: 80148"]Fine looking crown! It looks very historical to me, therefore it can fit in this thread. Here is a brief blurb about King Billy from Wikipedia: [B]"William III[/B] ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language']Dutch[/URL]: [I]Willem[/I]; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702),[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_England#cite_note-OSNS-2'][2][/URL] also widely known as [B]William of Orange[/B], was sovereign [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Orange']Prince of Orange[/URL] from birth, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadtholder']Stadtholder[/URL] of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Holland']Holland[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Zeeland']Zeeland[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lordship_of_Utrecht']Utrecht[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelders']Guelders[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lordship_of_Overijssel']Overijssel[/URL] in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Republic']Dutch Republic[/URL] from the 1670s and King of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_England']England[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Ireland']Ireland[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Scotland']Scotland[/URL] from 1689 until his death. Popular histories usually refer to his joint reign with his wife, Queen [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_II']Mary II[/URL], as that of [I]William and Mary[/I]. As King of Scotland, he is known as [B]William II[/B].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_England#cite_note-3'][3][/URL] He is sometimes informally known as "King Billy" in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland']Northern Ireland[/URL] and Scotland,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_England#cite_note-4'][4][/URL] where his victory at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Boyne']Battle of the Boyne[/URL] in 1690 is still [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelfth']commemorated[/URL] by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unionism_in_the_United_Kingdom']Unionists[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_loyalists']Ulster loyalists[/URL]."[/QUOTE]
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