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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 2578392, member: 81887&quot;]I have two coins relevant to this period.&nbsp; Both are junk box finds, coins for the proletarian masses <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>First is a copper 5 centimes from revolutionary France, dated to&nbsp; Revolutionary Year 8:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]559265[/ATTACH] </p><p>And second is a silver 5 soldi from Parma in Italy, dated 1815.&nbsp; It features Maria Luigia (aka Marie Louise), Duchess of Parma, who was the second wife of Napoleon from 1810 to his death in 1821, and Empress of France from 1810 to 1814.&nbsp; While Josephine is still famous today, poor Maria is basically a footnote to history.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]559267[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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