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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aidan Work, post: 78207, member: 1824&quot;]The 1711 coin was struck during the reign of King Carlos III.As we</p><p>all know,the death of King Carlos II of Spain sparked off the War of the Spanish Succession between Austria (who claimed the rights to the Spanish Empire as King Carlos II was a member of the Hapsburgs),&amp; France (whose King,Louis XV was fighting to assert his grandson&#039;s claim).In the end,France won,&amp; the Duc de Anjou became King Philip V (Rey Filipe V),who established the Spanish Bourbon dynasty,which still rules Spain today in the person of His Majesty,King Juan Carlos I.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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