42 Stuivers Siege of Kampen

Features

Issuer City of Kampen (Dutch States)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1578
Value 42 Stuivers (2.1)
Currency Gulden (1590-1795)
Composition Silver
Weight 29.19 g
Size 55 mm
Shape Square
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
315140
References Delmonte S# 210,
André Delmonte; 1967. Le Benelux d'argent : Écus - demi-écus - quart d'écus et monnaies obsidionales frappées dans les territoires composant les anciens Pays-Bas septentrionaux et méridionaux = The Silver Benelux : Crowns - half-crowns - quarter-crowns and siege crowns struck in the territories of the former northern and southern Netherlands. Jacques Schulman N.V., Amsterdam.
And 1 more volumes.
Maillet# 22.1,
Prosper Mailliet; 1868. Atlas de monnaies obsidionales et de nécessité. Imprimeur Gobbaerts, Brussels, Belgium.
Vanhoudt# 519
Hugo Vanhoudt; 2015. De munten van de Bourgondische, Spaanse en Oostenrijkse Nederlanden en van de Franse en Hollandse periode 1434-1830. Vanhoudt, Heverlee, Netherlands.

Obverse

Arms of the city dividing the value, lettering above, city name and date below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
EXTREMVM
SVBSIDIVM
4Z ST
CAMPEN
1578

Translation: Extremum subsidium: last resort.

Edge

Smooth

Mint

Kampen, Netherlands (1371-1796)

Comments

These coins were struck from municipal silver.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
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