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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gerrikabeitia, post: 1955938, member: 70139&quot;]Portugal was in fact involved in the First World War (part of the bargain they had then with Britain), mainly in the fields of Flanders (Battle of the Lys, for example).</p><p>Concerning the other issues of fascism during Salazar&#039;s era, I won&#039;t be discussing them as, at the end of the day, it is still not easy to classify the regime back then. It was a dictatorship, yes.</p><p>But the country has a rich history with great coins, right from the 12th century until these days. For example the coin that brg5658 showed here, represents the battle that lead to the independence to Portugal in 1143 (Batalha de Ourique in 1139).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s on of the early coins of the 12th century:</p><p><img src="http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c236/ToninhoMantorras/DinheiroDAfonsoHenriques_zpsda0d2086.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Or a gold coin from 1830:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c236/ToninhoMantorras/ToninhoMantorras017/Miguel1_zpse4fa29ed.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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