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| REVERSE INSCRITION READS | " ARCHID | Diameter 41mm
THIS SHARP SILVER PATAGON WAS MINTED IN FLANDERS FOR USE IN AUSTRIA, BRABANT,ZEELAND AND BURGUNDY, AND FOR A COB, IT IS MARVELOUSLY AND NEARLY PERFECTLY ROUND
OBVERSE FEATURES A LARGE CROWNED
THIS COIN WAS MINTED FOR USE IN THE LOWLANDS BY THE SPANISH KING PHILIP IIII, AND WAS WIDELY ACCEPTED AS A DAALDER OR THALER
THE REVERSE FEATURES A LARGE, CROWNED HAPSBURG SHIELD, ENCIRCLED BY HEAVY CHAIN FROM WHICH DANGLES THE GOLDEN FLEECE
AS IN ALL SPANISH COINAGE OF PHILIP IIII, THE OBVERSE FEATURES THE CROSS OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR, AND THE REVERSE FEATURES THE HAPSBURG SHIIELD
and weight 27.5 grams
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