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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;panzerman, post: 24490561, member: 77704&quot;]Nice coin I got from Artemide Auctions...</p><p><br /></p><p>Papal States/ Bologna</p><p>AV Scudo d&#039;oro ND</p><p>Bologna Mint</p><p>Pope Gregorio XIII 1572-89</p><p><br /></p><p>This Pope was in league with Catharine de Medici/ mother of Charles IX/ French Catholics to deal with the Huguenots (French Protestants)</p><p>Before that a attempt was made to settle the Wars of Religion in France, by a royal marriage of Catholic Margarat de Valois (Charles IX sister) to Henri of Navarre (Huguenot)</p><p>It even caused more hatred between the two groups. On August 21st. there was an assassination attempt on Huguenot Admiral de Coligny/ then on Saint Bartholomew&#039;s Day eve/ Charles IX ordered the killing of the Admiral and other Protestant leaders. It kinda got way out of hand and turned into a frenzy of killing. Up to 30K Huguenots were killed that night in France.[ATTACH=full]1551229[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1551230[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1551229[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1551230[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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