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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 18941, member: 112&quot;]Well thanks Nd - but there&#039;s no great secret. I just buy the coins I like. I only wish I could afford them&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>And satootoko - if you haven&#039;t already read it elsewhere - here is some info about this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>All Utrecht Rose Nobles were struck 1600 to 1602 - except one - the 1579. And most think of the coin as only being struck after formation of the United Netherlands in 1581 - but the province of Utrecht existed before that and they did strike their own coinage. In 1579 a number of the northern Netherlands provinces&nbsp; signed the Union of Utrecht. The Union of Utrecht (Dutch: Unie van Utrecht) is a treaty signed on January 23, 1579 in Utrecht, the Netherlands, unifying the northern provinces of the Netherlands, until then under control of Spain. The Union of Utrecht is regarded as the foundation of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, which was not recognized internationally until the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 ended the Thirty Years&#039; War. </p><p><br /></p><p>At this point I can only conclude that the striking of this coin coincided</p><p>with Utrecht&#039;s declaration of independence from Spain in 1579. It makes it a rather important coin - at least in my opinion. Utrecht 1/2 Rose Nobles were also struck in 1579 - but there are only two known according to Freidberg.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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