A COLLECTION OF DUTCH JETONS. SOUTHERN NETHERLANDS. Copper Jetons (3), The Preparations for War, 1582, armoured horseman right, PRO PATRIA PVGNARE, rev ship in full sail (Dugn 2888); The attempted Assassination of William of Orange, 1582 (Dugn 2980); the Aversion of Ghent, 1583, the Duke of Anjou helps to tie up Ghent, VBI REX IN POPVLVM TIRANNVS, rev Hollandia and the Duke, POPVLO IVRE D ET H DIVORTIVM (Feud 13799; vL I, 325). Good very fine, fine and very fine. (3)
Juan de Jáuregui, the accounting assistant of a Spanish fur merchant, Gaspar de Añastro, was paid 2877 crowns to kill William. William recovered only to be shot and killed two years later, whilst Jáuregui was killed on the spot.
Estimate: £80-120