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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheRed, post: 3524690, member: 87080&quot;]That is a very nice catalogue [USER=74834]@Pellinore[/USER] I completely understand the danger posed by well done auction catalogues.&nbsp; I have some outliers in my collection for that very reason.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] those are some very nice coins.&nbsp; Fredrick II is one of those historical figures that I would love to start collecting.&nbsp; I really like your coin of Manfred too.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I tend to hold to the more open definition of what constitutes Crusader coinage, in line with the&nbsp; second view that Seth laid out.&nbsp; The Kingdom of Cyprus, Duchy of Athens, and Knights of St. John on Rhodes are the direct result of the Crusades.&nbsp; Even with the fall of Acre in 1291 western Christendom did not abandon the idea of a crusade and to take the more narrow view is to impose an artificial distinction that didn&#039;t exist.&nbsp; It will be interesting to see what is included in M.E.C. 16 The Latin East.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll add a coin from a newly favorite collecting area; the Northern Crusades.&nbsp; Here is a coin minted by the Livonian branch of the Teutonic Knights.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]936264[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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