Watch List notes:

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC. Groningen. 1672. Obsidional 50 Sols (Silver, 34x39 mm, 28.66 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. Groningen iS belegert / de 9 Iuly den 17 Aug / Schandelyck / Verlaten /1672 = (Groningen was besieged on 9 July but the besiegers left in shame on 17 August) Carefully engraved view of Groningen behind its ramparts. Delm. 736. Rare. Well-engraved and nicely toned. Nearly extremely fine.