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1/2 Daalder lead
| Issuer | Zierikzee, Siege of |
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| Year | 1576 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Produced during the Spanish siege of Zierikzee in 1576, this lead piece belongs to one of the most desperate categories in numismatics: obsidional coinage struck when a besieged city exhausted its silver supply. The siege, part of the broader Dutch Revolt against Habsburg rule, ended in June 1576 with the city's capitulation after its relief fleet — commanded by Admiral Boisot, who died in the attempt — failed to break through.
Lead was the material of last resort. The garrison struck these pieces from whatever base metal was at hand to maintain some semblance of a functioning internal economy during the blockade.