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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 1454385, member: 5682&quot;]Although I don&#039;t collect coins, I love the history behind the coin...or in this case, the medal. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an interesting Queen Anne medal whose reverse is very symbolic. Any takers?</p><p><br /></p><p>I learned about the symbolism while reading a book about the Duke of Marlborough, the great British general and ancestor of Winston Churchill.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hint: This medal was minted during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) between the Allies of Great Britain and the French Forces under King Louis XIV (the &quot;Sun King&quot;).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Spanish_Succession" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Spanish_Succession" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Spanish_Succession</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Darn. Sometimes numismatics &quot;breathes life&quot; into otherwise dry and obscure history.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]180559.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]180557.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]180558.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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