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3 Gulden Siege of 1577
| Issuer | City of Breda |
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| Year | 1577 |
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| Weight | 3.5 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely blank, exhibiting a plain, unworked gold surface typical of hastily produced siege klippe coinage. The irregular square flan shows evidence of hand-cut edges, consistent with emergency monetary production under wartime conditions. No legend, device, or ornament is present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Breda came under siege by Spanish forces during the broader Dutch Revolt, and the city — cut off from normal supply and financial channels — authorized emergency coinage to meet immediate military and administrative obligations. Siege gold of this period was typically struck from whatever metal was at hand, often from melted plate or jewelry donated or requisitioned under duress.
The Delmonte unlisted status matters. Even within the specialized literature on noodgeld and siege issues of the Low Countries revolt, this piece sits outside the established sequence — suggesting either a die variant unrecorded at time of publication or a genuinely unattributed emission.