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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 198587, member: 112&quot;]Oh girl are you in trouble - never should have got me started on this <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>How about a coin - minted specifically to pay the ransom for a King captured in battle by his arch enemy The Black Prince; held in captivity for many years until the people of his Kingdom could raise the money to free him. The coins were gold of course, and their very name meant Free - to free their King. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now the deal was struck, and the coins were struck, and the first installment of the ransom was paid. At last - the King was free and returned to his land. But his son, who had ruled in his absence, refused to pay the next installment of the ransom. The proud and noble King, in order to uphold his honor, willingly returned to captivity in the foriegn land - only to die there, still a prisoner, months later. But the coin, and its name would last and be in use for the next 700 years, forever symbolizing freedom. </p><p><br /></p><p>And what was this coin and what was it called - it was the franc a cheval.</p><p><br /></p><p>Uhhhhh - got your interest yet ?? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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