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1 Stiver Siege of 1577
| Issuer | City of Breda |
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| Year | 1577 |
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| Reference(s) | Korchnak#108a |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Breda fell under Spanish siege in 1576–1577 during the Eighty Years' War, and the city's administration — cut off from normal coin supply — authorized emergency tin pieces to keep local commerce functioning inside the walls. Tin was a deliberate choice of desperation: the metal had almost no intrinsic value, which made hoarding pointless and encouraged the coins to actually circulate.
Korchnak 108a distinguishes this variety from related siege issues by specific die characteristics. Tin corrodes aggressively, and survivors in anything above heavily worn condition are genuinely scarce.