THE DUTCH REVOLT, Low Countries. Leiden. Besieged by the Spanish, 1573-1574. Paper Gulden – 20 Stuiver (37mm, 1.96 g, 2h). Dated 1574, issued 19 December 1573. * HAEC * LIBERTATIS * ERGO *, crown over lion standing left, holding cap on pole; 15 74 flanking / GODT · * · BEHOEDE · * LEYDEN/ N · O · V · L · L · S · G · I · P · A · C, coat-of-arms; countermark: coat-of-arms. Korchnak 325; Maillet pl. LXXI.2; CNM 2.32.2. Collection number '1027' in ink on obverse. VF. Extremely rare.
From the J. de Wilde Collection. Ex Heritage/MPO 50 (24 May 2016), lot 1317.
Made during the Spanish Siege of 1574 from coinage dies on planchets that were stamped from pressed paper made from prayer books.