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1579, Spanish Netherlands, Zeeland, Philip II. Copper Oord (Penny) Coin. F+

Mint Years: 1579
Province: Zeeland
Denomination: Oord
State: Netherlands
Condition: Scratches in obvesre, otherwise F+
Material: Copper
Diameter: 26mm
Weight: 5.62gm

Obverse: Togate female personification of the Province of Zeeland within fortified walls, pointing to divine light above.
Legend: AVX NOS IN NOM DOM

Reverse: Crowned coat-of-arms of the Netherlands containing rampart lion. Date (15-79) split above by rosette.
Legend: PHS D G HISP Z REX COMES HO

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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.