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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 3198502, member: 89314&quot;]This thread has suddenly taken off like a rocket ship.&nbsp; Let me catch up with 3 coins which I hope others find as interesting as I do. </p><p><br /></p><p>1586 AACHEN 6 or 8 Heller&nbsp; Coin struck by Evangelical government (1581-98). </p><p><br /></p><p>The number of Protestants in Aachen grew steadily in the 16th century and, after an uprising in 1581, they took control of the city council in defiance of the Emperor.&nbsp; Expelled&nbsp; from the Kreisprobationstage&nbsp; (imperial circle coin testing ),&nbsp; the city struck new coins to a lower standard and added LIBERAE (of the free) to the legend. In 1596 the Emperor regained control and all this ended.</p><p><br /></p><p>Given the lower standard, there is some disagreement as to the denomination.&nbsp;&nbsp; Menadier (1913) calls it a 6 Heller or Fettmannchen ( because of their greasy shine) and Krause follows (KM.MB 24).&nbsp; However, a more recent work by Krumbach (1989) calls it an 8 Heller.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]827261[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]827262[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1585 Austria-Hungary Rudolf II&nbsp; Crude copy of Hungarian Taler (Dav.8066) with skinny script, probably struck in the Balkans for trade with the Ottomans.&nbsp; In the obverse legend&nbsp; +RVDOI.rectangle should be RVDOL II.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]827269[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]827270[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1584&nbsp; Spanish Netherlands STATES OF BRABANT&nbsp; Ecu Robustus struck during the siege of Antwerp by Spanish forces under the Prince of Parma.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;The city of Antwerp was the capital of the new States of Brabant government rebelling against Spain. It was forced to surrender to the Spanish forces after a siege lasting over a year from July 1584 until August 1585. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]827279[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]827282[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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