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jlueke
Not a coin on a coin, rather a reuse of an old design. I think Greece may have gotten mad at this because they didn't think the country of Macedonia should be claiming Alexander the Great

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SlavicScott
ummm, that is a GREEK coin, not a Macedonian coin.
jlueke
QUOTE(kuhli @ Jan 6 2006, 11:20 PM)
ummm, that is a GREEK coin, not a Macedonian coin.
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Aha. Then it was probably the Macedonians who objected. Maybe because it says King of Macedonia biggrin.gif

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