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<p>[QUOTE="AnYangMan, post: 3791102, member: 87271"]While certainly not ancient, I can show a 16th century coin that still retains some original lustre! The second half of the sixteenth was a rather turbulent time in the Netherlands, with the struggle for independence reaching its zenith in the 1570-ies. The northern city of Deventer was in an extremely strategic position, as the Spanish garrison (which were actually German mercenaries) was in a prime location for raiding the smaller cities of Utrecht and Holland. The count of Rennenberg was tasked with taking the city and the siege began on the third of August 1578. Towards the end of this siege, most commodities became scarce and so did coins. To still be able to pay the soldiers, the city council decided on producing a series of siege coins. These were stuck in four different denominations (1/2, 1, 2, 4 Stuivers) on the 29th of October 1578, to be issued the next day, as is marked on the coins themselves; 30 OC 78.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1012817[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The trick is that these only circulated from October 30th to the 19th of November, when the German garrison officially surrendered. Afterwards, the majority of these siege coins were handed in and the city council, who countermarked them with the Eagle of Deventer (Specimens without this countermark are extremely rare), provided good silver coins in return. The large quantity of returned coins were stored somewhere in the archives, with a fair few having been ‘lost’ over time. Proper storage and less than a month of circulation means that they are only rarely found with any wear. I believe RD means that the majority of the coin still has its original lustre (85%?). While my example of the two stuiver only retains some patches of the original red lustre, I have seen some superior examples that come quite close to that!</p><p><br /></p><p>And just because I like showing coins; an example of the 4 stuiver coin (without any lustre):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1012818[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AnYangMan, post: 3791102, member: 87271"]While certainly not ancient, I can show a 16th century coin that still retains some original lustre! The second half of the sixteenth was a rather turbulent time in the Netherlands, with the struggle for independence reaching its zenith in the 1570-ies. The northern city of Deventer was in an extremely strategic position, as the Spanish garrison (which were actually German mercenaries) was in a prime location for raiding the smaller cities of Utrecht and Holland. The count of Rennenberg was tasked with taking the city and the siege began on the third of August 1578. Towards the end of this siege, most commodities became scarce and so did coins. To still be able to pay the soldiers, the city council decided on producing a series of siege coins. These were stuck in four different denominations (1/2, 1, 2, 4 Stuivers) on the 29th of October 1578, to be issued the next day, as is marked on the coins themselves; 30 OC 78. [ATTACH=full]1012817[/ATTACH] The trick is that these only circulated from October 30th to the 19th of November, when the German garrison officially surrendered. Afterwards, the majority of these siege coins were handed in and the city council, who countermarked them with the Eagle of Deventer (Specimens without this countermark are extremely rare), provided good silver coins in return. The large quantity of returned coins were stored somewhere in the archives, with a fair few having been ‘lost’ over time. Proper storage and less than a month of circulation means that they are only rarely found with any wear. I believe RD means that the majority of the coin still has its original lustre (85%?). While my example of the two stuiver only retains some patches of the original red lustre, I have seen some superior examples that come quite close to that! And just because I like showing coins; an example of the 4 stuiver coin (without any lustre): [ATTACH=full]1012818[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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