Counter Token - Desire for Peace in the United Provinces
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Features
| Location |
Spanish Netherlands
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Charles II (1665-1700)
|
| Type | Utility items › Counter tokens |
| Year | 1671 |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 8.2 g |
| Diameter | 35 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 342473 |
| References | Dugniolle# 4289 Jean François Dugniolle. Le jeton historique des dix-sept provinces des Pays-Bas. Fr. Gobbaerts, Brussels, Belgium (4 volumes). Gerard van Loon, John Saunders (ed.), Hugo Vanhoudt (ed.); 2021. Medallic History of the Low Countries Reprint. Saunders, Los Angeles, California, United States (4 volumes). Gerard van Loon. Medallic History of the Low Countries / Volume III: 1667-1691 (2 volumes). Michael Mitchiner; 1988. Jetons, Medalets and Tokens / Volume 1. The Medieval Period and Nuremberg. B.A. Seaby, London, United Kingdom. Félix-Bienaimé Feuardent. Jetons et méreaux depuis Louis IX jusqu'à la fin du Consulat de Bonaparte. Paris, France (5 volumes). Jacob Schulman; 1912. Collection Le Maistre: Pax in Nummis: Médailles, jetons et monnaies ayant rapport aux divers traités de paix conclus depuis le XVIe siècles jusqu'à nos jours = Le Maistre Collection: Peace in Money. Self-published, Amsterdam, Netherlands. George Charles Montagu; 1937. British and Foreign Medals relating to Naval and Maritime Affairs (1st Edition). National Maritime Museum, London, United Kingdom. |
Commemorative issue
Desire for Peace in the United Provinces
Obverse
Rampant crowned lion left holding a bundle of arrows and a scales
Script: Latin
Lettering:
NON TELIS (PRIMIS BELGI SEPTEMPLICIS ARMIS)
1671
Translation: Not through arrows, the first weapons of the seven United Provinces 1671
Reverse
The hat of liberty, surrounded by the crowned shields of the seven provinces, united by a ribbon.
Lettering: SED CONSTANT LIBRA LIBERA REGNA PARI
Translation: But only through an impartial equilibrium can free governments exist
Edge
Plain
Mint
Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt), Utrecht, Netherlands (1010-date)Comments
It is specified in the Dugniolle: “Van Loon believe that this is the last token struck by the seven united provinces”.
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