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Stan Valued Member United States 143 Posts	Posted 04/24/2011 3:58 pm http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...TRK:MEWAX:IT I'm collecting Dutch historical coins, and I came across this one. Haven't been able to find out much about it. I know Leiden is a municipality within South Holland, but this coin perplexes me. Any details on it? Value estimation? http://cgi.ebay.com/FLANDERS-1-20-P...em4840063913 This one seems suspicious to me. I did some research, and I can't tell if it's from Flanders. Any thoughts? Edited by Stan 04/24/2011 6:10 pm Report this Post to the Staff

bart Pillar of the Community Belgium 651 Posts	Posted 04/25/2011 02:24 am The attribution of the second seems right to me: PHS DG HISP REX COM FL means: Philippus Dei Gratia Hispaniarum Rex Comes Flandriae (Philip II by the grace of God king of Spain, count of Flanders). I believe to read the date as 1576 and between 15 and 76 there is the lily mintmark of Bruges. With a diameter of 26 mm this should be 1/20 Philipsdaalder. Ref. Vanhoudt, Atlas der munten van België (Atlas of the Belgian coins) I 162 (the atlas doesn't give any values) Report this Post to the Staff
Stan Valued Member United States 143 Posts	Posted 04/25/2011 2:08 pm Thanks bart! Report this Post to the Staff
bart Pillar of the Community Belgium 651 Posts	Posted 04/25/2011 3:59 pm I found some background information about the first coin, on this Dutch website : http://www.loodjes.nl/Leiden.html Leiden is a town in South Holland which is still famous for its University. The coin is an emergency coin, issued for the St. Catherine Hospice (Wikipedia-page in Dutch: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint-C...uis_(Leiden) ) in 1573. Obverse:a crowned St. Catherine's wheel Reverse: City arms of Leiden with date 1573 and legend "GEDENCT DEN ARMEN" (Think of the poor) The coin has a value of 1/4 stuiver (or 1 oord). Report this Post to the Staff
Stan Valued Member United States 143 Posts	Posted 04/25/2011 6:40 pm Thanks for the information. Any ideas on the value? It's at almost $100... Report this Post to the Staff
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