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1592, Netherlands, Zeeland (Province). Silver Rijks daalder (Prinsendaalder) Coin. R!

Mint Year: 1592 State (Province): Zeeland Denomination: Rijksdaalder (Prinsendaalder) Reference: Delmonte 926, Davenport 8875. R! Condition: A few scrapes, lightly cleaned, with remaining deposits, otherwise VF+ for type! Weight: 27.52gm Diameter: 41mm Material: Silver

Obverse: Armored bust of William the Silent right, holding sword.    Legend: RO- IVS/TAE- CAV/SAE- DEFE/NSI-ONE / 15-79 Reverse: Garnished coat-of-arms surmounted by crested helmet. Legend: MO NO ARG COMITATVS ZEL. (privy mark: turret)

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 and the formation of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815, the present province Zeeland was formed.

William I, Prince of Orange (April 24, 1533 — July 10, 1584), also widely known as William the Silent (Dutch: Willem de Zwijger), or simply William of Orange (Dutch: Willem van Oranje), was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. He was born into the House of Nassau as a count of Nassau-Dillenburg. He became Prince of Orange in 1544 and is thereby the founder of the branch House of Orange-Nassau.

A wealthy nobleman, William originally served the Habsburgs as a member of the court of Margaret of Parma, governor of the Spanish Netherlands. Unhappy with the centralisation of political power away from the local estates and with the Spanish persecution of Dutch Protestants, William joined the Dutch uprising and turned against his former masters. The most influential and politically capable of the rebels, he led the Dutch to several successes in the fight against the Spanish. Declared an outlaw by the Spanish king in 1580, he was assassinated by Balthasar Gérard (also written as 'Gerardts') in Delft four years later.

William explained his conflict with king Philip II to the Council of State in the following way: "I can not approve that monarchs desire to rule over the conscience of their subjects and take away from them their freedom of belief and religion.".

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