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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1418017, member: 39&quot;]As for the country names, well, there aren&#039;t that many countries that simply &quot;come out of the blue&quot;. But it is quite interesting that you consider today&#039;s Netherlands to be the same country as 1612 while today&#039;s Turkey is a different country in your view. Well, it was the Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Provinciën (the Dutch &quot;Republic of the Seven United Provinces&quot;) that sent its first ambassador to Istanbul then. And yes, of course the other party so to say was the Ottoman Empire. Now the tulip I find amusing as it usually is one of the Netherlands stereotypes, along with windmills and clogs. So I would not really expect any of these to show on a Dutch coin. Well, here you go. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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