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Two-Guilder (Counterfeit), Emergency Coin from Breda, Copy of a Coin Struck During the Siege
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Two-Guilder (Counterfeit), Emergency Coin from Breda, Copy of a Coin Struck During the Siege

anonymous · 1577-09 - 1883 · striking (metalworking); silver (metal)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Single-sided, rhomboid emergency coin of Breda. Obverse: five stamps: inscription within legend and round pearl border; around it four punches: top: lily, right: coat of arms, bottom: number 2, left: horn. Reverse: blank.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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cointweeguldensiege coinBredaTachtigjarige OorlogInname van Breda (1577)
Credit lineTweegulden (vals), noodmunt uit Breda, kopie van een noodmunt geslagen tijdens het beleg. 1577-09 - 1883. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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