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OF
AUT
HEN
TIC
ITY
1. A
UST
RIA
, CO
RO
NA
| KM
-282
0D
iam
eter
: 22m
m |
Wei
ght:
5g,
0.8
350
Silv
er, 0
.134
2 oz
. ASW
Obv
erse
: Fra
nz Jo
seph
hea
d, r
ight
-fac
ing
| Re
vers
e: C
row
n ab
ove
valu
e, d
ate
at b
ottom
, sp
rays
flan
king
2. B
ULG
ARIA
, LEV
| KM
-31
Dia
met
er: 2
3mm
| W
eigh
t: 5
g, 0
.835
0, S
ilver
0.1
342
oz. A
SWO
bver
se: K
ing
Ferd
inan
d I,
left
faci
ng |
Rev
erse
: Den
omin
ation
abo
ve d
ate
with
in w
reat
h
Robi
n L.
Dan
zige
rA
NA
Mem
ber
# R1
6463
6
GU
ARAN
TEE
D G
ENU
INE
I cer
tify
that
thes
e co
ins
have
bee
n in
spec
ted
and
are
guar
ante
ed a
uthe
ntic.
On
11 N
ovem
ber,
1918
—on
the
ele
vent
h ho
ur o
f the
ele
vent
h da
y of
the
ele
vent
h m
onth
—th
e A
rmis
tice
end
ing
the
Gre
at W
ar w
ent
into
eff
ect.
The
glo
bal c
onfli
ct t
hat
bega
n in
Sar
ajev
o on
June
28,
191
4, w
ith
the
assa
ssin
ation
of t
he A
rchd
uke
Fran
z Fe
rdin
and,
end
ed in
a ra
ilroa
d ca
rria
ge a
t Co
mpi
ègne
wit
h th
e st
roke
of a
pen
.
The
tota
l num
ber
of c
asua
lties
in W
orld
War
I ex
ceed
ed 4
1 m
illio
n—18
mill
ion
dead
, an
d so
me
23 m
illio
n w
ound
ed, i
nclu
ding
tho
se b
linde
d in
che
mic
al w
eapo
ns a
ttac
ks.
How
did
the
dem
ise
of a
n un
popu
lar
roya
l fro
m a
mid
dlin
g em
pire
in a
bac
kwat
er c
ity
lead
to s
uch
a pr
ofou
nd lo
ss o
f hum
an li
fe?
Why
did
thi
s ha
ppen
?
The
answ
er li
es in
the
diz
zyin
g ar
ray
of in
tern
ation
al t
reati
es t
hat
boun
d th
e co
untr
ies
of E
urop
e to
geth
er in
191
4; t
hese
so-
calle
d “e
ntan
gled
alli
ance
s” a
ccel
erat
ed t
he
spre
ad o
f the
war
. Aus
tro-
Hun
gary
use
d th
e as
sass
inati
on a
s a
pret
ext
to d
ecla
re w
ar o
n Se
rbia
. Rus
sia,
whi
ch h
ad p
ledg
ed to
com
e to
Ser
bia’
s de
fens
e, m
obili
zed
its
forc
es to
ho
nor
its
com
mit
men
t. G
erm
any,
an
ally
of A
ustr
o-H
unga
ry, s
ubse
quen
tly
decl
ared
war
on
Rus
sia,
lead
ing
Fran
ce a
nd G
reat
Bri
tain
to e
nter
the
fray
in t
he s
ervi
ce o
f a t
sari
st
gove
rnm
ent
that
wou
ld it
self
be o
vert
hrow
n th
ree
year
s la
ter.
By t
he la
te s
umm
er o
f 19
14, m
ost
of E
urop
e w
as e
ngag
ed in
a w
ar w
hose
und
erly
ing
orig
ins
rem
ain
the
subj
ect
of d
ebat
e to
thi
s da
y.
For
thre
e ye
ars,
the
Cen
tral
Pow
ers
of G
erm
any,
Bul
gari
a, a
nd t
he A
ustr
o-H
unga
rian
an
d O
ttom
an e
mpi
res
foug
ht t
he A
llied
forc
es o
f Gre
at B
rita
in, F
ranc
e, R
ussi
a, It
aly,
Fi
nlan
d, a
nd C
anad
a to
a b
lood
y st
ands
till.
In 1
917,
the
tsa
r ab
dica
ted,
the
Bol
shev
iks
took
Mos
cow
, and
Rus
sia
abru
ptly
qui
t th
e w
ar. T
he e
ntry
of t
he U
nite
d St
ates
into
the
co
nflic
t th
at s
ame
year
fina
lly t
urne
d th
e ti
de.
Whi
le t
he C
entr
al P
ower
s lo
st, n
o on
e re
ally
won
. The
war
left
Gre
at B
rita
in, o
nce
the
war
’s g
reat
ban
ker,
in d
eep
finan
cial
diffi
cult
y; F
ranc
e, e
mbi
tter
ed a
nd v
enge
ful;
Russ
ia,
in t
he h
and
of t
he B
olsh
evik
rev
oluti
onar
ies;
and
Ger
man
y de
ep in
deb
t an
d ow
ing
mor
e in
rep
arati
ons.
By
the
end
of t
he w
ar, t
he G
erm
an, A
ustr
o-H
unga
rian
, Rus
sian
, an
d O
ttom
an e
mpi
res
had
all c
olla
psed
, 18
mill
ion
hum
an b
eing
s la
y de
ad, a
nd a
n ou
tbre
ak o
f the
Spa
nish
flu
wou
ld c
laim
ano
ther
50
mill
ion
lives
. Whe
n th
e sm
oke
clea
red,
the
app
etite
for
war
in E
urop
e ha
d be
en s
atisfi
ed fo
r th
e fo
rese
eabl
e fu
ture
—or
so
it s
eem
ed. O
n 11
Nov
embe
r, 19
18, n
o on
e co
uld
have
fore
told
tha
t an
ev
en m
ore
cata
stro
phic
war
was
rig
ht a
roun
d th
e co
rner
.
3. C
ANAD
A, 1
0 C
ENTS
| KM
-23
Dia
met
er: 1
7.8m
m |
Wei
ght:
2.3
240g
, 0.9
250,
Silv
er 0
.069
1 oz
. ASW
Obv
erse
: Cro
wne
d bu
st o
f Kin
g G
eorg
e V,
left
faci
ng |
Reve
rse:
Den
omin
ation
and
dat
e w
ithin
wre
ath,
cro
wn
abov
e
4. F
INLA
ND
, AS
RU
SSIA
N G
RAN
D D
UC
HY,
25
PEN
NIA
| KM
-6.2
Dia
met
er: 1
6mm
| W
eigh
t: 1
.274
7g, 0
.750
0, S
ilver
0.0
307
oz. A
SWO
bver
se: R
oman
ov im
peri
al d
oubl
e ea
gle,
with
cro
wn
| Re
vers
e: D
enom
inati
on a
nd d
ate
with
in w
reat
h
5. F
RAN
CE,
50
CEN
TIM
ES | K
M-8
54
Dia
met
er: 1
8.1m
m |
Wei
ght:
2.5
g, 0
.835
0, S
ilver
0.0
671
oz. A
SWO
bver
se: F
igur
e so
win
g se
ed |
Rev
erse
: Lea
fy b
ranc
h di
vidi
ng d
ate
and
deno
min
ation
6. G
ERM
ANY
½ M
ARK
| KM
-17
Dia
met
er: 2
0mm
| W
eigh
t: 2
.77g
, 0.9
000
Silv
er, 0
.080
4 oz
. ASW
Obv
erse
: Den
omin
ation
with
in w
reat
h |
Reve
rse:
Cro
wne
d im
peri
al e
agle
with
shi
eld
on
brea
st w
ithin
wre
ath
7. G
REA
T B
RIT
AIN
, 6 P
ENC
E | K
M-8
15
Dia
met
er: 1
9.5m
m |
Wei
ght:
2.8
276g
, 0.9
25 S
ilver
, 0.0
841
oz. A
SWO
bver
se: G
eorg
e V
head
, left
faci
ng |
Rev
erse
: Lio
n at
op c
row
n di
vidi
ng d
ate
8. H
UN
GAR
Y, K
OR
ON
A | K
M-4
84/4
92
Dia
met
er: 2
2mm
| W
eigh
t: 5
g, 0
.835
0 Si
lver
, 0.1
342
oz. A
SWO
bver
se: F
ranz
Jose
ph h
ead,
rig
ht-f
acin
g |
Reve
rse:
Cro
wn
of S
t. S
teph
en w
ithin
wre
ath
9. IT
ALY,
1 L
IRA
| KM
-484
/492
D
iam
eter
: 27m
m |
Wei
ght:
5.0
00g,
0.8
350
Silv
er, 0
.134
2 oz
. ASW
Obv
erse
: Kin
g Vi
ctor
Em
anue
l II,
righ
t fac
ing
| Re
vers
e: Q
uadr
iga
with
sta
ndin
g fe
mal
e
10. R
USS
IA, 2
0 K
OPE
KS
| KM
-Y22
A D
iam
eter
: 22m
m |
Wei
ght:
3.5
992g
, 0.5
000
Silv
er, 0
.057
9 oz
. ASW
Obv
erse
: Cro
wne
d do
uble
-hea
ded
Rom
anov
eag
le|
Reve
rse:
Cro
wn
abov
e da
te a
nd v
alue
w
ithin
wre
ath
11. S
ERB
IA, 5
0 PA
RA
| KM
-24
Dia
met
er: 2
1.8m
m |
Wei
ght:
2.5
g, 0
.067
1 Si
lver
, 0.1
342
oz. A
SWO
bver
se: K
ing
Pete
r I,
righ
t fac
ing
| Re
vers
e: C
row
n ab
ove
valu
e, d
ate
with
in w
reat
h
12. U
NIT
ED S
TAT
ES, 1
0 C
ENT
S, “M
ERC
UR
Y D
IME”
| KM
-140
D
iam
eter
: 17.
8mm
| W
eigh
t: 2
.5g,
0.9
000
Silv
er, 0
.072
3 oz
. ASW
Obv
erse
: Lib
erty
hea
d in
win
ged
cap,
left
faci
ng |
Rev
erse
: Fas
ces
and
oliv
e br
anch
THIS
REM
ARK
ABL
E CO
LLEC
TIO
N C
ON
TAIN
S 12
SIL
VER
CO
INS
THAT
WER
E IN
CI
RCU
LATI
ON
ON
11
NO
VEM
BER,
191
8.