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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 229273, member: 6370&quot;]Okay...here is the next one</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/harpcoins/baden01.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It seema like its silver and its very large. On the reverse it says:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>Civitas </b><span style="color: black"><b>Aurelia Aquensis</b> - This is the Roman name for a german settlement, modern day Baden-Baden, a town in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">Baden-Württemberg</span></a><span style="color: black">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">Germany</span></a><span style="color: black">. It is located on the western foothills of the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Forest" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Forest" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">Black Forest</span></a><span style="color: black">, on the banks of the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oos" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oos" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">Oos</span></a><span style="color: black"> river. The name was given to it by Alexander Severus it seems. </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black">The town was named Baden in the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">Middle Ages</span></a><span style="color: black">. From the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">14th century</span></a><span style="color: black"> down to the end of the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">17th</span></a><span style="color: black">, it was known Baden as it was the residence of the margraves of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baden%2C_Germany" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baden%2C_Germany" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">Baden</span></a><span style="color: black">, to whom it gave its name. </span><span style="color: black">In </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1931" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1931" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">1931</span></a><span style="color: black">, the town of Baden-Baden was officially given its double name (a short form for &quot;Baden in Baden&quot;, Baden in the state of Baden).</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>MDCCC - LVIII / LXXXIII: 1800 58 / 83</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>my question regarding this medal is concerning the portrait and the roman numerals...I am assuming it reads MDCCC but am I mistaken in thinking the first C looks more like a G?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/harpcoins/badendetail.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/harpcoins/badendetail2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Is this<span style="color: black"> Grande Duke Frederick I of Baden and his wife </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Louise_of_Prussia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Louise_of_Prussia" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">Princess Louise of Prussia</span></a>?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/FrederikIB.jpg/497px-FrederikIB.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If those are dates 1858 through 1883 that would be within is time...not sure.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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