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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vyck, post: 1474228, member: 38598&quot;]Now that you&#039;ve shown this coin, I have a little story to tell, in 1868, not long after Carol was brought on the throne of Romania. he tested the reaction of the Great Powers of&nbsp; Europe, to his plans for the independence and sovereignty, with a coin bearing his image and the inscription around the effigy - &quot;Carol I Domnulu Româniloru&quot; Carol I, king of the Romanians. An extraordinarily bold gesture, considering that at that time Dobrudja was under Ottoman occupation, Transylvania populated largely by Romanians was under Austrian domination, and Bessarabia was occupied by Russia from 1812. Not only that the Romanians in those provinces were subject to other states, but Romania itself, was under Ottoman sovereignty, at least formal. </p><p>It was not the first such gesture of Carol I: Shortly after entering the country, he is quoted saying that He does not plann to stand under the sultan obedience for too long and in 1867, Romania participate separately from the Ottoman Empire at the Universal Exhibition in Paris.</p><p>Issued in only 100 or 200 copies, &quot;The Pole of Carol I&quot; 6.45 g, gold 90%, copper 10% ( Pole = 20 lei)&nbsp;&nbsp; was never put into circulation, but sent&nbsp; by the Ottomans to smelters.</p><p>In accordance with this article </p><p><a href="http://www.evz.ro/detalii/stiri/povestea-polului-lui-carol-o-moneda-de-100000-de-euro-910716.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.evz.ro/detalii/stiri/povestea-polului-lui-carol-o-moneda-de-100000-de-euro-910716.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.evz.ro/detalii/stiri/povestea-polului-lui-carol-o-moneda-de-100000-de-euro-910716.html</a></p><p>this coin can be sold for 100,000 Euros.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;this site evaluates it of only 10,000 euros</p><p><a href="http://romaniancoins.org/20lei1868.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://romaniancoins.org/20lei1868.html" rel="nofollow">http://romaniancoins.org/20lei1868.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There were two other silver coins</p><p><a href="http://romaniancoins.org/2lei1869.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://romaniancoins.org/2lei1869.html" rel="nofollow">http://romaniancoins.org/2lei1869.html</a></p><p><a href="http://romaniancoins.org/50bani1869.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://romaniancoins.org/50bani1869.html" rel="nofollow">http://romaniancoins.org/50bani1869.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The difference is:</p><p>Carol I, king of the Romanians.</p><p>vs</p><p>Carol I, king of the Romania[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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