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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John the Jute, post: 619791, member: 17740&quot;]<b>The King over the Water?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Hi Marc,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is really rather fun!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>May I start with the 2nd and 5th coins on the top row?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;IACOBUS II&quot; is James the second of England and seventh of Scotland, who reigned from 1685 to 1688. The thing that fascinates me about these coins is that they are dated 1689 ... the year after he either abdicated or was deposed (according to your view of the events) and fled to France.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>He had many supporters, the Jacobites, who did not accept that his reign had ended. To them he was &quot;the King over the Water&quot;. Are these coins minted by his government in exile in France?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Later,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>John[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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