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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ericl, post: 946059, member: 2697&quot;]Now if there were any colonial coins with José Bonaparte on them, that would be totally cool and <i><b>exceedingly</b></i> rare. </p><p><br /></p><p>you have to remember the political situation in 1809. The American colonies didn&#039;t recognize the Bonapartes&#039; takeover of Spain, and still recognized Ferdinand as king. All colonial coins of that year and for several afterward had his face and titles on the money as a form of protest. </p><p><br /></p><p>When he got back on the throne in 1815, that led to further revolution...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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