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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug5353, post: 2245825, member: 73555&quot;]Especially after World War II, Maria Theresa&#039;s (and British gold sovereigns) were one of the major storehouses of wealth in the Middle East - Arabia, Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon, this was the &quot;go-to&quot; coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>They were popular long before that, of course, which is why they struck them basically unchanged for nearly 200 years.&nbsp; Now maybe the Chinese are striking them, but those would not be so popular.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>===========edit</p><p>As far as I know, 99.9% are restrikes; they&#039;re just a bullion coin, struck many different places over the years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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