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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 26683352, member: 110226&quot;]I have plenty of blank years coming up.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a coin for 1579:</p><p><br /></p><p>Netherlands, United Provinces, Maastricht, AE 40 stuivers, 1579.&nbsp; Issued by the governor of Maastricht&nbsp; during the siege by Duke of Parma.</p><p>15 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>The siege of Maastricht was a battle of the Eighty Years&#039; War which lasted from March 12 to July 1, 1579. The Spanish were victorious.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1702617[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/1579_Siege_of_Maastricht_-_Aranjuez_Palace.jpg/1280px-1579_Siege_of_Maastricht_-_Aranjuez_Palace.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The Siege of Maastricht (1579) by an anonymous painter. Late 16th c.(?). Collection: Royal Palace of Aranjuez, Spain.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Vaenius_-_Alexander_Farnese.png/960px-Vaenius_-_Alexander_Farnese.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Portrait of Alexander Farnese by Otto van Veen, ca. 1585.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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