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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jimski, post: 8007045, member: 77373&quot;]To all this is not another post for 1988.&nbsp; It&#039;s just a reply to a coin previously posted.&nbsp; So it doesn&#039;t reset the waiting period.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=80148]@coin_nut[/USER] When I saw your coin with William and Mary of England (copied below), I first thought it was a UK commemorative.&nbsp; Then I read the obverse N-E-D-E-R-L-A-N-D-E-N.&nbsp; Now I might have thought … Why did Netherlands mint a commemorative for the coronation of English monarchs, but thanks to this thread, I knew the answer.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1389253[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>William III, a native of Netherlands and as co-monarch of England with Mary II, had saved his motherland from the expansionist Louis XIV of France. </p><p><br /></p><p>By the late 1680s, William organized the Grand Alliance with Austria, Spain and the Netherlands to oppose the forces of Louis XIV.&nbsp; Upon William becoming co-monarch of England in 1689, he brought England, Scotland, and Ireland into the Grand Alliance.&nbsp; Prior to William’s coronation, England had been aligned with France during the reigns of Charles II and later James II.&nbsp;&nbsp; After securing his monarchy from the forces of James II in 1691, William led British forces to protect the Netherlands against the French in the Nine Years War (1688-1697).&nbsp; The Nine Years War ended by treaty in 1697, with favorable conditions to Netherlands.</p><p><br /></p><p>So what did this thread have to do with my understanding of why Netherlands would commemorate the coronation of English co-monarchs?&nbsp; In the first life of this thread, I posted English halfcrowns of William III (1698), and William &amp; Mary (1689).&nbsp; For those posts, I researched William’s life, and added some content.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/game-world-coins-time-machine%E2%80%A6-counting-backward-by-year-plus-prize-coin.298151/page-131#post-2993161" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/game-world-coins-time-machine%E2%80%A6-counting-backward-by-year-plus-prize-coin.298151/page-131#post-2993161">1698 halfrcrown</a>, I included a segment: “Before William and Mary’s accession (in 1689) to the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland”</p><p><br /></p><p>For the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/game-world-coins-time-machine%E2%80%A6-counting-backward-by-year-plus-prize-coin.298151/page-133#post-3001849" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/game-world-coins-time-machine%E2%80%A6-counting-backward-by-year-plus-prize-coin.298151/page-133#post-3001849">1689 halfcrown</a>, there’s a segment: “After William and Mary’s accession (in 1689) to the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland”.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also have a look at <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/game-world-coins-time-machine%E2%80%A6-counting-backward-by-year-plus-prize-coin.298151/page-133#post-3001582" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/game-world-coins-time-machine%E2%80%A6-counting-backward-by-year-plus-prize-coin.298151/page-133#post-3001582">PaddyB’s William &amp; Mary halfcrown</a> of (1689) here.</p><p><br /></p><p>My propensity to include content with my coins developed gradually during the first life of this thread.&nbsp; At first editing short pieces of content directly on the CoinTalk platform, posting and printing to pdf for my records.&nbsp; Later I made peace with WORD, and used WORD to edit more complex content, which I then copied into the CoinTalk platform and posted.&nbsp; Now I write extensive WORD files for my records.&nbsp; Usually too large to post.</p><p><br /></p><p>For this second life of this thread, I cherry pick coins and content that I want to share, and compress the content to something I hope is acceptable.&nbsp; Time willing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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