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Old 11-12-2008, 11:38 PM
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Stuert2000,
You have got a Thaler (most likely a restrike),which comes from Austria,not Hungary.

Maria Theresa Thaler restrikes were used in east Africa (especially Eritrea & Ethiopia),the Middle East,& in the Far East.

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