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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 4454313, member: 89314&quot;]Another emergency siege coin from long Dutch War of Independence against Spain:</p><p><br /></p><p>MIDDELBURG&nbsp; Uniface Daalder Siege Klippe (36 stuivers)&nbsp; 1572</p><p><br /></p><p>When Philip II, King of Spain, discovered that William the Silent, to whom he had given the governorship of several provinces, was leading a conspiracy against him, he stripped him of his holdings. In response William raised an army, and with the Watergeuzen (Sea Beggars) attacked coastal towns held by the Spanish, an opening phase of the 80 Years&#039; War . His forces laid siege to Middelburg in the province of Zeeland in 1572.&nbsp; The city eventually surrendered in 1574.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1111392[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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