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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2805873, member: 75525&quot;]And now the rest of the story...</p><p>I found a coin blog that described the piece as a medal from 1677 commemorating the Treaty of Breda (1667), signed at the Dutch city of Breda, July 31, 1667, by England, the United Provinces (the Netherlands), France, and Denmark. It brought a hasty and inconclusive end to the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665–1667). The dove and olive branch for the peace treaty, and the scales for weighing out or balancing the concessions made by all the parties to the treaty. </p><p><br /></p><p>A book on medals from that time is:</p><p>De Vrede van Nijmegen in penningen (Nijmegen Peace in money) by Paul van der Zee</p><p>The token is described as follows. The author translated the Latin inscriptions.</p><p>&quot;Peacekeeping Negotiations in Nijmegen&quot;, 1677 </p><p>Bronze, Ø 27 mm. </p><p>Vz .: Peace pigeon with olive branch flies over water and Bergen. QVIESCAM ET QVIESCERE FACIAM (I Will rest and rest) </p><p>Kz .: Balance in balance with money and weight, A melting furnace and a coin weight box. At the bottom of 8 or 15 stones. RESPONDENTINTIMA QUANTO (they specify exactly how much) </p><p>Lit .: Dugniolle No. 4384, vOrden 1357</p><p><br /></p><p>Another token in this book shows scales balancing peace (olive branch) vs war (sword). You can see the olive branch weighed more!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]655419[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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