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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Volante, post: 1803272, member: 57279&quot;]Another very affordable silver crown, this time from Belgium and King Leopold II.&nbsp; Leopold is most famous for surreptitiously gaining control over the African region of Congo as a private individual, with the aid of a mercenary army.&nbsp; He established his own private state there (unaffiliated with Belgium) and amassed a huge fortune through his exploitation and enslavement of the native Congolese population.&nbsp; International pressure eventually forced him to yield possession, though not before he had caused the deaths of more than 2 million people.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]293341[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293342[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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