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1676, Spanish Netheralands, Brabant, Charles II. Copper Medal/Jetton Coin. VF

Mint Year: 1676 Region: Brabant Reference: Dugn. 4362.   Mint Place: Antwerp mint (privy mark: hand) Condition: Mint-made planchet imperfections, otherwise VF! Denomination: Medal (Jetton) - Issued by the royal calculation office  for general usage in financial calculations. Material: Copper Diameter: 31mm Weight: 5.86gm

Obverse: Armored bust of Charles II of Spain right. Legend: CAROL . II . D . G . HISP . ET . INDIAR . REX .

Obverse: Crown above stave cross of Burgundy (cross of St. Andrew, saint protector of the dukes of Burgundy and the the Habsburgs), large fire iron in the middle, crowned monograms of Albert and Isabella of at sides, Order of the Golden Fleece and fire stone surrounded by sparks below. Date (16-76) split in fields. Legend: . GECTS . POVR . LE . BVREAV . DES . FINANCES . (privy mark: hand) .

Jetons were widely used by government institutions such as state treasuries, revenue services and the bureos, stewardship courts or councils that supervised the royal family´s finances and internal affairs. The production of jetons for such institutions was standardised and regulated. WIn time, they ceased to be used for accounting purposes and became mere instruments of political propaganda.

Charles II (6 November 1661, Madrid – 1 November 1700, Madrid), was the last Habsburg King of Spain and the ruler of nearly all of Italy (except Piedmont, the Papal States and the Republic of Venice), the Spanish territories in the Southern Low Countries, and Spain's overseas Empire, stretching from Mexico to the Philippines. He is noted for his extensive physical, intellectual, and emotional problems – along with the consequent ineffectual rule – as well as his role in the developments preceding the War of Spanish Succession.

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