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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1329364, member: 112&quot;]Good Lord, where to start ? You may end up hating me if I even do start <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>France, Spain, Netherlands, Germany, Italy - take your pick ! </p><p><br /></p><p>France - coins from the man who was the subject of the The Man in the Iron Mask, The Three Musketeers, who became King at the age of 5 and reigned for 72 years, who turned France into the greatest power in all of Europe.</p><p><br /></p><p>These 2 coins cost me about $30 each - </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]151836.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]151837.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]151838.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]151839.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Or you could go with a coin like this - </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]151840.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Struck in 1364, specifically to pay the ransom for the King of France who had been captured in battle by the Black Prince of England during the 100 years War. Probably beyond your budget, but talk about history !</p><p><br /></p><p>I could do the same thing with any of the countries mentioned above. The Netherlands produced a coin starting back in 1586 that literally changed the world. And that exact same coin is still being minted today over 400 years later. </p><p><br /></p><p>Or coins from Spain, and the Spanish colonial mints. Coins that were minted at the very first mint in the entire New World. Coins that are found on shipwrecks, coins that served as the first currency used in the American colonies and well after the USA was founded. Many of those coins can be bought for less than $50 each.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coins from Germany that were the first silver dollar in the world. Coins that commemorated the Protestant Revolution and the very creation of the Lutheran Church.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coins from Italy where the same design was minted for over 750 years, the first ducat, arguably the most important coin in the history of the world.</p><p><br /></p><p>I could go on and on and on. That is just a tiny taste <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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