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Message:: [QUOTE="talerman, post: 7872252, member: 89314"]Netherlands ZIERIKZEE Besieged by Spanish army (28 Sept.1575 - 2 July 1576) Silver Daalderklippe (48 stuiver) 1576 (July) In 1576 the Dutch independence forces suffered some setbacks and the situation of the besieged in Zierikzee deteriorated. The city leaders opened negotiations with Mondragon, the Spanish commander. They reached a surrender agreement, signed on 29 June 1576, which allowed the Dutch army to leave by sea with their arms and baggage. However, the impoverished city, to avoid their town being plundered and sacked by the Spanish troops, had to agree to pay in stages an enormous ransom of 40,000 Daalder. Spanish troops entered the city on 2 July. The citizens had to hand in their silver at the town hall and between 30 June and 12 July the city authorities struck a third issue of emergency coinage to pay the ransom, including this coin. The inscription reads  .REGIAE/MAt.RECON/CILIATA.(reconciled with his royal majesty) ZI/RIZEA.ZA /.IVLY.AO/.1576. Of course, in reality they were certainly not reconciled.  Spain would only recognize the independence of the Northern Netherlands, the Dutch Republic, in 1648 in the Treaty of Münster, after 80 years of conflict. [ATTACH=full]1356428[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]