Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bart, post: 286832, member: 5580&quot;]The first is definitely not French: it is from the Southern Netherlands, which is nowadays Belgium. It is a denier or a double denier, struck in the name of the archdukes Albert and Isabella (Elisabeth). </p><p>Philip II if Spain, son of emperor Charles V, legated the Spanish Netherlands to the archdukes Albert and Isabella of Habsburg. They were allowed to establish their own dinasty. They reigned the country, which was at that moment virtually independent, from 1598 until 1621. As they died without having any children, the Southern Netherlands returned to Spain in 1621.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in