French Indo-China 1 Piastre 1887-A
choice uncirculated w/ lite toning
(Alex Siegle, Houston, TX, ca. 2000) |
This coin is a bit larger than a US silver dollar. Also one can note the resemblence to the head of the Statue of
Liberty which was given to us by France, the year previously. |
With such nice coins being made for them I'm surprised that French Indo-China
(Vietnam) wanted their independence |
Spain, Joseph Napoleon, 20 reales 1810
uncirculated
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The Spanish thought well
enough of him to make this nice coin. |
Bro of the little
big "N". The big N took over much of Europe and installed his family
members as Kings. The local populations often didn't like it.
The
Spanish hated foreign occupation and maintained a guerilla war against the
French troops. Also the surrender of Spanish King Ferdinand 7th to French
forces severly jolted the Latin American colonies. This and poor
subsequent leadership by Ferdinand 7 caused them to break away from
Spanish rule and become independent.
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