1076000 | GREAT BRITAIN. England. 1609 AE Jeton. PCGS MS62BN (Brown). Middelburg. 29.6mm. 5.41gm. A DOMINO FACTVM EST ISTVD. Hand from above holds cords binding the three shields of arms of the alliance / ORD FOED BELG A REG HISP ET ARCHID LIBERI AGNITI POST BEL CONT 42 AN INDVCI PACISC INTERV REG GAL ET MAG BRIT ET CVM IISD FOED RENOVANT/ 1609. Legend. Eimer 87b; Dugniolle 3648; van Loon II-50.2; Pax in Nummis 60.

On the Twelve Years' Truce. Overstruck on a planchet of Dordrecht 1613 (cf. Dugniolee 3690) and considered unique as a later overstrike (Published in De Beeldenaar, No. 6 in 1981, and July/Aug. 2011). In 1981, this Jeton was the only known example at the KPK.


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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].