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1647, Netherlands, Zeeland. Copper "Peace Negotiations in Munster" Medal. XF-

Mint Year: 1647 Mint Place: Zeeland (castle) Condition: Edge-hits, otherwise XF!  Reference: vL. II 306 / 295.2, Dugn. 4010, Pax 89.  Denomination: Medal / Jetton - Peace Negotiations in Munster (which led to the Peace Treaty of Munster during 1648). Material: Copper Diameter: 31mm Weight: 6.5gm

Obverse: Dutch warship with full sails at sea right. Legend: TIMIDE . AC . PRVDENTER .

Reverse: Crowned coat-of-arms of the Dutch Province of Zeeland within foliage. Motto of Zeeland ("I struggle and emerge.") around, date (1642) above. Legend: LVCTOR . ET . EMERGO . 16-42

The Peace of Münster was a treaty between the Lords States General of the United Netherlands and the Spanish Crown, the terms of which were agreed on 30 January 1648. The Treaty is a key event in Dutch history marking formal recognition of the independent Dutch Republic and formed part of the Peace of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War.

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Zeeland was a contested   area between the counts of Holland and Flanders until 1299, when the   count of Holland gained control of the countship of Zeeland. Since then,   Zeeland followed the fate of Holland. In 1432 it became part of the Low   Countries possessions of Philip the Good of Burgundy, the later   Seventeen Provinces. Through marriage, the Seventeen Provinces became   property of the Habsburgs in 1477. In the Eighty Years' War, Zeeland was   on the side of the Union of Utrecht, and became one of the United   Provinces. The area now called Zeeuws-Vlaanderen was not part of   Zeeland, but a part of the countship of Flanders (still under Habsburg)   that was conquered by the United Provinces, hence called Staats-Vlaanderen (see: Generality Lands). After the French occupation (see département   Bouches-de-l'Escaut) and the formation of the United Kingdom of the   Netherlands in 1815, the present province Zeeland was formed.

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