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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;longshot, post: 2578944, member: 76266&quot;]1796 Kronenthaler (Austrian Netherlands). Portrait of Francis II (I) of Austria. Francis II suffered several defeats at the hands of the French during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, losing significant territory to the French. Necessity forced him to ally himself with Napoleon, and marry his daughter Marie Louise to him. This brought him a period of peace in which he built up Austrian strength and he participated in the final campaign that brought Napoleon down.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]559459[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an 1865 Thaler from Hannover struck to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. It was included in pension payments to veterans who had fought Napoleon at Waterloo. Mintage 15,000.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]559460[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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