Catalog
1 Crown
| Issuer | Middelburg, Siege of |
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| Year | 1573 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse description | A square klippe flan struck in high-purity gold, bearing a four-line Latin inscription arranged in the center of the field reading DEO REGI PA: TRIÆ FIDEL, expressing loyalty to God, King, and Fatherland, with the place name MIDDELB: and the date I·5·7·3 inscribed below. Two countermarks appear in diagonally opposite corners outside the inscribed area: a crowned letter A (A27-3) and the Middelburg mint mark in the form of a castle or tower symbol. The entire design reflects the exigency of the siege coinage tradition, with the inscriptions punched or stamped onto a roughly cut planchet with little decorative embellishment. The lettering is rendered in capital Latin characters with ornamental stops and cross pattée devices flanking the text. The reverse is entirely blank, consistent with the emergency nature of this issue produced during the Spanish siege of Middelburg. |
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| Obverse lettering | · ✠ · ·DEO· REGI· PA: TRIÆ· FIDEL· ·MIDDELB: · I·5·7·3 · (Translation: Loyal to God, King of Kingdom, Middelburg) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely plain and unadorned, presenting a flat, blank gold surface consistent with the hasty production methods employed for this emergency siege coinage. No inscription, device, or decorative element of any kind appears on this face, as the klippe planchet was struck or impressed on one side only. The bare surface bears only the natural marks and texture resulting from the rough cutting of the gold flan under wartime conditions. |
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