Different topologies - same smooth structure?

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It is a well-known fact, that given a topological manifold there can exists different smooth structure (or none at all). I'm interested in the converse question: Given a smooth structure (in the sense of a complete smooth atlas), are the multiple topologies with this smooth structure possible ?

More concretely formulated: Does there exist a non-empty set $M$ with two different topologies $\tau_{1}$ and $\tau_{2}$ on it, such that in the intersection of the collection $\mathcal{C}_{1}$ of all (topological) charts on $\tau_{1}$ with the collection $\mathcal{C}_{2}$ of all (topological) charts on $\tau_{2}$ there is contained smooth atlas ?
(Such a smooth atlas gives then rise to a unique, complete smooth atlas, which would be a smooth structure for two different topologies on $M$.)

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Topology is uniquely determined by the smooth structure: a set $A\subset M$ is open if and only if the images of all of its intersections with the charts in the smooth atlas in the respective local coordinates are open.