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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 4356586, member: 102103&quot;]Day 27:&nbsp; George III half crown, 1817</p><p><br /></p><p>For comparison, I posted a Queen Anne 1711 shilling below.</p><p>You can see that by late George III, the UK had finally given up its claim to the throne of France.&nbsp; The Fleur-de-Lys is gone from the coat of arms, and the royal titles no longer mention France.&nbsp; England lost its last mainland French holdings under Queen Mary I, in 1558, but continued claiming the throne until the French Revolution.&nbsp; Now that France was no longer a monarchy, England dropped its claim to the French throne as part of the peace negotiations with the Republic.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1101914[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1101915[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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