Twelve emergency coins from Dutch cities, anonymous, 1577

striking (metalworking), h 3.6cm × w 3.6cm × w 7.42gr More details

The cities besieged by the Spanish army for having revolted against Spanish rule in the 1570s experienced severe shortages of virtually everything, including money to pay the soldiers. Emergency money was therefore minted. Gold, silver, paper: anything in the cities under siege could be used as temporary currency.

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Title(s)

Twelve emergency coins from Dutch cities
Twintig stuiver, noodmunt uit Breda, geslagen tijdens het beleg ter betaling van achterstallige soldij aan het garnizoen

Object type

Object number

NG-VG-4-131

Description

enkelzijdige, ruitvormige noodmunt van Breda. Voorzijde: opschrift binnen omschrift en ronde parelrand; daaromheen vier kloppen: boven: toren, rechts: lelie, onder: XX en links: hoorntje