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1 Gulden Siege coinage, silver
| Issuer | City of Leiden |
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| Year | 1574 |
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| Currency | Silver Gulden (1506-1795) |
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| Reverse description | Central device features the crowned arms of Leiden — a shield bearing two crossed keys, the traditional heraldic emblem of the city — set within an elaborate cartouche supported by foliate mantling. The shield is surmounted by a mural or civic crown. A beaded inner border separates the central armorial from the outer legend, which reads GODT * BEHOEDE * LEYDEN followed by the abbreviated authority inscription N × O × V × L × S × G × I × P × A × C, with mullet and rosette stops between words. The legends and devices, struck on a roughly prepared flan, reflect the exigent circumstances of production during the Spanish siege of 1574. |
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| Reverse lettering | GODT * BEHOEDE * LEYDEN N × O × V × L × S × G × I × P × A × C (Translation: God protect Leiden Coin minted in the besieged city of Leiden under the rule of the most illustrious Prince of Orange) |
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| Mintage | 1574 |
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