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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MIGuy, post: 24561619, member: 116145&quot;]Here are some randoms - including a couple Full Head Standing Liberty Quarters, a Belgian Congo elephant, a Queen Isabella quarter and a 1550 1/2 Car coin from the <b>Free</b> <b>City of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Besan%C3%A7on" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Besan%C3%A7on" rel="nofollow">Besançon</a></b> which was a self-governing free city surrounded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franche-Comt%C3%A9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franche-Comt%C3%A9" rel="nofollow">Franche-Comté</a>.&nbsp; I agree that AU58s are a really sweet spot for collecting - MS looks at AU prices when you&#039;re fortunate.</p><p><br /></p><p>About Besançon - (from Wikipedia) After losing its status as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_imperial_city" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_imperial_city" rel="nofollow">free imperial city</a> within the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" rel="nofollow">Holy Roman Empire</a> in 1654, the City of refused to recognise the sovereignty of a new protector, whether the king of France or Spain, until <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XIV" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XIV" rel="nofollow">Louis XIV</a> dissolved the municipal government in 1676. The government comprised only a tiny area around the City of Besançon in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franche-Comt%C3%A9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franche-Comt%C3%A9" rel="nofollow">Franche-Comté</a>, which meant that it had limited independence although it had considerable internal autonomy and still tried to claim <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrality_(international_relations)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrality_(international_relations)" rel="nofollow">neutrality</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1556169[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1556170[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1556171[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1556172[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1556175[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1556177[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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