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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 3591823, member: 39&quot;]Cool piece. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> This is the Leopold V coin from the &quot;825th Anniversary of the Vienna Mint&quot; series. Leopold was the duke who <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_I_of_England#Captivity,_ransom_and_return" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_I_of_England#Captivity,_ransom_and_return" rel="nofollow">arrested Richard I (Lionheart)</a> and would not release him until he got lots of silver for Richard. The silver that England paid was then used to mint coins - in that brand new mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, in October there will be a &quot;Robin Hood&quot; coin in that series. Sure, legend rather than historical figure, but the character is connected to the Richard story too - and popular of course. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]0M-LhaSgO-M[/MEDIA]</p><p>(Edit - This is the English version of the video.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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