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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Scholefield, post: 7227995, member: 116562&quot;][ATTACH=full]1275016[/ATTACH]</p><p>I originally bought this coin, a demi-teston of Henri II to add to my French collection.</p><p>The countermark however has given me great fun. Fairly obviously it is the swimming lion of Zeeland, but there my investigations stalled. A while ago I found an online article saying the countermark is from 1573/4 and applied to coins to make them legal tender. A 15% tax was levied, and this used to help fund the war effort against Spain.</p><p>Several different countermarks were used, and applied to the King&#039;s neck. Countermarked &#039;foreign&#039; coins are unusual.</p><p>Coin Talk are an erudite bunch of folks, so any further information would be greatfully received.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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