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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 1634056, member: 5682&quot;]I agree with Paddy that the history behind this coin is great.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Most Americans don&#039;t know about the War of Jenkin&#039;s ear:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Jenkins'_Ear" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Jenkins'_Ear" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Jenkins'_Ear</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I love British history between after the Glorious Revolution (1688-89) to the accession of Queen Victoria (1837). For me, the Hanoverian era is so full of history, but so little appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]233978.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]233979.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]233982.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]233983.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, one of my historical figures of that time is this person here (1660-1718):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]233985.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is Charles Talbot. Don&#039;t know who he is? Better known as the Duke of Shrewsbury. Still don&#039;t know? He was one of the Immortal Seven (one of the seven English leaders who invited and supported William III from the Netherlands and his wife Mary to supplant Mary&#039;s father James II). Don&#039;t worry. I&#039;ve rarely met even someone from Britain who is familiar with him, either.</p><p>.</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Talbot,_1st_Duke_of_Shrewsbury" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Talbot,_1st_Duke_of_Shrewsbury" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Talbot,_1st_Duke_of_Shrewsbury</a></p><p><br /></p><p>If it weren&#039;t for him, there would probably not have been a Glorious Revolution and there would never have been a peaceful Hanoverian succession. Unfortunately, he has been forgotten by time. Even his burial site is unknown and forgotten.</p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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