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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fid, post: 383077, member: 7724&quot;]that&#039;s all interesting, but has nothing to do with Hanau. the city of Hanau was divided into two parts and the newer part was given to Calvinist refugees from France, Holland etc., among these many silversmiths. for the then ruler it was acceptable - taxes !!! - that these silversmiths disregarded the official German marking system, mainly because catholic countries like France didn&#039;t allow import from Proddies. so they used slightly altered marks like the Augsburg mark to appear of &quot;good&quot; catholic making...</p><p>in the end it was a clandestine network of Calvinist dealers that exported all over Europe.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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