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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Seattlite86, post: 3832512, member: 59737&quot;]This one just arrived and is special to me because I am a big fan of Strasbourg and the Alsace Lorraine area.&nbsp; The city was known as Argantaroti by the Celtic Guals and as Argentoratum by the Romans.&nbsp; Strasbourg was first ruled by the Catholic Church.&nbsp; The citizens rebelled against the bishops in 1262 and it became a free city within the Holy Roman Empire.&nbsp; France conquered it in 1681 and it remained a French city until 1871, following the Franco-Prussian war.&nbsp; In 1918, it was returned to France and then conquered by Germany in 1940.&nbsp; In 1944, it was returned to France and remains a French city to this day.</p><p><br /></p><p>The city name of Argentoratum is on the obverse of the coin.&nbsp; The reverse is also Latin: &quot;Gloria in Excelsis Deo&quot; (glory to God in the highest).&nbsp; The coin was minted between 1559 and 1623 in Strasbourg and had a value of 2 Kreuzer, or 1/36 Taler.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1018576[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1018575[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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