1680, Netherlands, Zeeland. Scarce Silver 30 Stuiver (lightweight Daalder) Coin.
Mint Years: 1680 Province: Zeeland Reference: Delmonte 1082, KM-53. State: Netherlands (United Provinces) Denomination: 30 Stuiver (lightweight Daalder) Condition: Struck on an unusual, not fullyround planchet, lightly wiped, otherwise VF+ Weight: 15.43gm Diameter: 37mm Material: Silver
Obverse: Standing knight left, head right, in front of his legs crowned shield with arms of Zeeland (lion behind waves). Motto around. Legend: LUCTOR . ET . EMERGO . (privy mark: castle)
Reverse: Value (.30 ST.) above composite coat-of-arms of Zeeland. Date (1680) in legend above. Legend: MO . NO . ARG . ORDIN ZELANDIAE . 1680 .
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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.