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1/2 Gulden
| Issuer | Siege of Haarlem (Dutch Republic) |
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| Year | 1573 |
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| Currency | Gulden (1581-1795) |
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| Obverse description | The central field bears the crowned coat of arms of the city of Haarlem — a shield charged with a crescent and three stars — flanked by ornate foliate supporters and set within a beaded inner border. The date 1573 is divided by the shield, with the numerals 15 to the left and 73 to the right. A silversmith's mark appears below the shield in the lower field. The design is struck on a square klippe flan with clipped corners, characteristic of emergency coinage produced during the Spanish siege of the city. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely blank, presenting a plain, unworked silver surface with no design, legend, or decorative elements. This is consistent with the hastily produced klippe emergency coinage struck during the Siege of Haarlem in 1573, where expediency precluded the engraving of a reverse die. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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