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40 Stuivers Siege of 1625
| Issuer | City of Breda |
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| Year | 1625 |
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| Currency | Gulden (1581-1795) |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the arms of the United Provinces—a rampant lion holding a sword and a bundle of arrows—enclosed within a beaded inner circle. Positioned in each corner of the irregular square klippe are four impressed counter-stamps, comprising the civic arms of Breda and those of allied cities (including Hoorn and Dordrecht), together with the numeral denomination. The circumferential legend, rendered in Latin, records the siege and date. The overall composition reflects the ad hoc, emergency nature of the issue, with the stamped impressions displaying varying degrees of clarity typical of klippe siege coinage. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely blank, presenting a flat, unworked silver surface devoid of any design, legend, or decorative element. This plain reverse is characteristic of hastily produced klippe siege coinage, where the priority was functional authentication on the obverse rather than a fully struck reverse type. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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