Watch List notes:

European Medals from 1513 to 1788

Netherlands, Deventer. Halftaler Klippe (Silver, 28x28mm, 13.99 g), uniface emergency money for use during the siege by the Prince-Bishop of Münster, 1672. Two stamps: crowned eagle within a circular indent; and, within a rectangular indent, A•1672. Rev. Blank. Delm. 697. Maillet pl, 37, 14. Van Loon III, p. 58, 2. A remarkably attractive, rare and beautifully toned example. Very minor flan crack and, on the reverse, old ink number 15, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From the collection of Archer Huntington, 1001.57.5927.
In 1672, during the Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672-1674), Deventer was besieged and conquered by the aggressive Prince Bishop of Münster, Christoph Bernhard von Galen.