Watch List notes:

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC. Groningen. 1672. Obsidional 50 Sols (Silver, 33x35 mm, 28.40 g, 12 h), struck in commemoration of Groningen's successful resistance against the forces of Bernhard von Galen, Bishop of Münster, who besieged the city from 9 July to 17 August; with a laudatory inscription on the reverse, privately and contemporarily engraved. • IVRE • • ET • TEMPORE • 1672 • Crowned arms of Groningen; to left and right, 50 - ST. Rev. Als / Boommen / Beernt dede / voor Groeningen / Die Mis Slugh men / Dese pennigen tot / Gedaghtenis / voor gecomen / 9 Juli ver / 17 Au = (As Bomber Bernhard fled from Groningen this medal was struck in memory of the siege that lasted from 9 July to 17 August) in ten lines. For the coin, Delm 736. For similar examples see: MDC Monaco 7 , 2021, 679 (very similar) and Sincona 20, 2014, 3077 (but inscription very crudely engraved and dated 1675). While the coin itself is relatively common, examples with privately engraved inscriptions on the reverse are very scarce, if not rare. Toned. About extremely fine.