1075999 | NETHERLANDS. Zeeland. The Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. 1609 AR Jeton. PCGS AU55. 33mm. 9.69gm. (tower) NEC ARMA NEC INDVCIAE SED DEVS PROTEGIT SVOS. Hebrew letters in cloud above two standing figures with clasped hands; helmets and gauntlets laying upon the ground. / * ET DOMINVS PERFICIET PRO EIS 9 APRIL// CALC CAM RAT ORD ZEEL (with a point to either side of the crown). Dugniolle 3645; v.Orden 1102; Pax in Nummis 56; Tas 3644.

Zeeland on the Twelve Years' Truce.


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The Twelve Years' Truce was a ceasefire during the Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Dutch Republic, agreed in Antwerp on 9 April 1609 and ended on 9 April 1621.

In the Republic, towns such as Amsterdam and Delft feared that a truce would diminish their trade. The States of Zeeland resented the loss of income from privateering and insisted on maintaining the blockade of the Scheldt. Philip III had his own reasons to refuse. It took several missions from the Archducal Court before he was prepared to ratify the treaty on 7 July 1609. [Wikipedia].