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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4497974, member: 85693&quot;]That is a beautiful coin.&nbsp; Mostly I collect ancients, but this turned my head.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have one coin from Metz.&nbsp; It is ugly, but it has a countermark applied about 70 years after its issue:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1115551[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Metz&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; AR Bugne</b></p><p><b>Robert de Leoncourt </b></p><p><b>1551-1555 (cm 1621)</b></p><p>S. <strike>TEPH - .PROTH. M., St. Stephen kneeling / [M]ON[E]TA - MET-[ENS] P (?),</strike></p><p><strike>Long cross with stars in angles.</strike></p><p><strike>Rob.8930. Fl. p765.30.</strike></p><p><strike><b>Countermark:</b>&nbsp; Eagle in 5 mm circle reverse. </strike></p><p><strike>(0.85 grams / 17 mm)</strike></p><p><strike><br /></strike></p><p><strike><b>Countermark Notes: </b></strike></p><p><strike>&quot;By decree of January 14, 1621, Henry, Duke of Lorraine decided to countermark with a crowned alerion, in his Mint of Nancy, the double money of Charles III, duke of Lorraine. There are also rare Metz (bugnes).&quot; </strike></p><p><strike>Google trans. of Alde Public Auction Oct. 2015</strike>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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