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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 2535804, member: 8959&quot;]To conclude my postings of coinage for Frankfurt, here is a Taler issue in 1863 to commemorate the so-called Fürstentag (Assembly of German Princes). This was an assembly held in Frankfurt in August 1863 by the Emperor of Austria (back then a powerful political entity among the German State) calling together the various Heads of State in the German Area (kings, dukes, etc) to discuss plans for a reformed union of the various states. The king of Prussia, the other major player, did not attend the meeting on the advice of his powerful Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. Prussia was opposed to this Austrian initiative.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The photo shows the attendants to the meeting among them the kings of Saxony, Hannover, Bavaria and Württemberg, also the Grand Dukes of Hessen, Oldenburg and Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, and the dukes of various other german states. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]542529[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]542530[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]542531[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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