RARE FINEST & ONLY @ PCGS & NGC MS63 1596 NETHERLAND UTRECHT SILVER MEDAL TONED

Description

PRESENTING !
A STUNNING WORLD RARITY AND A CLASSIC MUSEUM QUALITY PIECE !
A 453 YEAR OLD RUNNING BATTLE OF THE WAXES !
TURTLE WAX vs BEESWAX !
THE ORIGINAL WAX ADVERTISEMENT PIECE THAT HAS NEVER STOPPED PULLING THEM IN-
OK, OK, NOW THE REAL SCOOP ON THIS ULTRA COOL HISTORICAL MOTIF:
A RARITY-9 "SILVER" 1596 'TURTLE & BEES' UTRECHT WAR TAXES MEDAL !
A RARE
SILVER
STRIKING, THE ONLY ONE WE KNOW OF, AND WE GET AROUND.
THE 'FINEST' & 'ONLY ONE' AT BOTH PCGS & NGC !
NGC MS63 !
TOP-POP !
AND NO OTHER HAS BEEN GRADED IN ANY GRADE BY BOTH PCGS & NGC!
CATALOG:
DUGN-3397 SILVER, VAN LOON I 480/470
DIAMETER:
32 MM
BEAUTIFUL OLD WORLD PATINA OF
GLISTENING GOLDS, STORM BLUES, SUNSET ORANGES ALL MIXED WITH ANCIENT COIN SILVER GRAYS!
STUNNING MIRROR LIKE FIELDS THAT REFLECTIVELY RADIATE A LOVELY HEAVENLY GLOW!
Obverse Inscription:
"PERFER.
AND.
OBDVRA.
ANNO.
DNI 1596"
Obverse Translation:
"Endure and Persevere.
Year of the Lord 1596"
Obverse Description:
T
urtle
(representing the perseverance of the people),
surrounded by five raging
Bees
(representative of heavy & many war taxes).
Reverse Inscription:
"
XG • POVR • THE • IS.
X OF VTRECH"
Reverse Translation:
"For the States of Utrecht"
Reverse Description:
Ecu with the Arms of the State of Utrecht
Numismatic History:
Struck in 1596 in the states of Utrecht to encourage and call the city to support the new taxes to finance the war
against Spain of the Habsburg Catholics. Minted in both copper and silver, with the silver pieces being special limited strikings for dignitaries and other prominent and influential members of the states.
The Treaty of the Utrecht Union (Unie van Utrecht) is signed on January 23, 1579 in Utrecht, between a dozen provinces of the northern Netherlands who want to separate from the Spanish Netherlands for religious reasons, religious freedom and Calvinism against Catholicism, and political, to throw off the yoke of Philip II of Spain.
During the following year, several additional provinces, and many city-states also join the treaty.
This marks the independence of the Republic of the United Provinces, proclaimed on July 26, 1581 by the Act of the Hague.
This independence of the Seventeen Provinces, however, will not be recognized by Spain until after the 'Eighty Years War', in 1648, upon the Peace of Münster,
In the midst of this context of decades of conflict between the United Provinces and Spain,
the states of Utrecht are forced to raise new war taxes (on beer, butter, & cheese) to finance the effort of war
.
The Special Silver strikings as well as the Copper invites citizens (represented by a Turtle with a thick shell) to support this new tax burden (represented by aggressive Bees).
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