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Message:: [QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 1688919, member: 24633"]I was able to find the one on the right of your top photos. Dutch take Fort St. Andrew - Dordrecht, 1600 Obverse:View of Fort St. Andrew on the island of Bommel, between the River Meuse (MOSA) and the River Waal (VAHALIS): the Spanish forces evacuating to the left, and the Dutch forces moving in from right: rose (Dordrecht) . SIC . VOS . NON . VOBIS (not sure of the translation along rim) Reverse:On the left; the radiant full sun shining over a sunflower in bloom: on the right, the sun is setting over the flower that is now withering: rose (Dordrecht) . QVOS . ORIENS . SVPERBOS . VIDIT . OCCIDENS . IACENTES (not sure of the translation along the rim) (Note: In Latin the letter "U" appears like the letter "V") Silver, 7.65 gm, 28mm The Spanish attacked, and took the island of Bommel in 1598 and they built thereon a fort to command the rivers Meuse and Waal. It was named Fort St. Andrew in honour of Cardinal Andrew, who was then governing the Spanish Netherlands. This Spanish success later failed ("setting sun") because the unpaid Spanish garrison mutinied and sold the fort back to the Dutch in 1599. NOTE: The above was taken from the book Jetons, Medalets & Tokens: The Low Countries and France, Volume Two by Michael Mitchiner. I was unable to read all of the inscriptions on the one on the left because the photos are too dark. I could not find a match for the third set of photos. Chris[/QUOTE]