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2 Daalder
| Issuer | Zierikzee, Siege of |
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| Year | 1576 |
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| Value | 2 Thalers (Daalder) (2.8) |
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| Obverse description | Uniface siege piece struck on a square silver planchet. The field bears the crowned arms of Zeeland within an engraved cartouche, flanked by the arms of Zierikzee. A circumscribed legend in Latin runs along the edges of the piece, with additional engraved text recording the date and circumstances of the siege. The edge itself carries engraved inscription, characteristic of this emergency coinage type produced during the Spanish siege of 1576. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Uniface piece; reverse is plain, unworked silver surface with no design or inscription, as is characteristic of hammered siege emergency coinage of this type. |
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