Counter Token - Desire for Peace in the United Provinces

Location Spanish Netherlands
Year 1671
Type Utility token
Composition Copper
Weight 8.2 g
Diameter 35 mm
Thickness
Shape Round
Technique
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Edge Plain
Period
Notice
Reference(s) Dugn#4289, Van Loon#1671.5, Montagu#B44
Obverse description Rampant crowned lion left holding a bundle of arrows and a scales
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering NON TELIS (PRIMIS BELGI SEPTEMPLICIS ARMIS) 1671
(Translation: Not through arrows, the first weapons of the seven United Provinces 1671)
Reverse description The hat of liberty, surrounded by the crowned shields of the seven provinces, united by a ribbon.
Reverse script
Reverse lettering SED CONSTANT LIBRA LIBERA REGNA PARI
(Translation: But only through an impartial equilibrium can free governments exist)
Mint Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt), Utrecht, Netherlands (1010-date)
Mintage
Numisquare ID 6468063290
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