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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 4522989, member: 102103&quot;]Day 65:&nbsp; United Nassau, 6 Kreuzer, 1835, Duke Wilhelm, Billon 0.375 fine</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;United&quot; Nassau refers to the union of Nassau-Usingen with Nassau-Weilburg in 1806, under pressure from Napoleon.&nbsp; For some reason, I associate Nassau with the Netherlands, but the House of Nassau-Orange is a different branch of the family.&nbsp; Nassau sided with Austria in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866.&nbsp; It held its own against Prussia, but would up annexed by Prussia anyway.&nbsp; Helps to pick a senior partner with a little better win-loss record in wars than Austria, I guess.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was issued under Duke Wilhelm (ruled 1816-1839).&nbsp; He was the father of Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway (she married Oscar II), so many modern European royal families are descended from that line.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1120496[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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