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Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 06/08/2015 8:21 pm A one year type commemorating the defeat of Napoleon a century earlier. At first glance, it seems to have a typically Mexican motif, but for the lack of the cactus. It's certainly dynamic and not the staid sort of design that characterizes so much Teutonic coinage. Plucked from a foreign "junk" silver bin, and while it's better than that, I think I may have to keep an eye out for a true mint state example. Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff

SilverStackerKid Pillar of the Community United States 6478 Posts	Posted 06/08/2015 8:41 pm Wow! Awesome looking coin. Great find in a foreign junk bin. What a spectacular looking coin. Report this Post to the Staff
chrisild Pillar of the Community Germany 1238 Posts	Posted 06/09/2015 09:47 am The coin does not commemorate a defeat but the beginning of Prussia's war against France. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Mein_Volk Interestingly, the Prussian-led Germany was at war with France again one year after these (2M and 3M) coins were issued ... Christian Report this Post to the Staff
Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 06/09/2015 12:14 pm Quote: The coin does not commemorate a defeat but the beginning of Prussia's war against France. That's technically correct, but I'd venture that the date in question wouldn't have been celebrated had Prussia been on the losing side of that particular phase of the Napoleonic wars. Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff
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