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Capture of the Spanish Fleet by Dutch admiral Piet Heyn
| Location | Dutch Republic |
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| Year | 1628 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | HISPANVS, QVANTVM VALET AVRO: AVRVM AV FER. FERRO NON SVPERABITIBER: NON FERRO TANTVM (Translation: The Spaniard is not so strong in steel as in gold; take his gold and he will not overcome by steel.) |
| Reverse description | The entire reverse field is occupied by a fourteen-line Latin commemorative inscription in incuse lettering, recording the bloodless capture of the Spanish West Indies fleet at the port of Havana. A small cross device appears at the top of the field, and the date in Roman numerals appears at the foot, with the note 'Cum Privil' below. |
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| Reverse lettering | INDICA CLASSE INTERCEPTA, PAR-TISQ. SINE SANGVINE OPVLENTISSIMIS SPO-LIIS, AD CVBAE PORTVM, HISPANORVM NVNC DA-MNIS QVAM OLIM CAEDE, NOBILIOREM, FOEDERATAE BELGICO - GERMANIAE PRO CERES E GAZA CA-PTIVA MONVMENTVM CVDI FECERVNT CIO DC XXIX Cum Privil |
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