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1698, Spanish Netherlands, Brabant, Charles II. Silver Escalin Coin. G-VG/F+

Region: Brabant Mint Year: 1698 Condition: G-VG/F+ Denomination: Escalin Ruler: Charles II of Spain. State: Spanish Netherlands Mint Place: Anvers (privy mark: hand) Reference: KM-119.1 ($45 in VG / $75 in F!). Diameter: 24mm Material: Silver Weight: 4.81gm

Obverse: Rampart lion brandishing sword and leaning on oval Burgundian coat-of-arms. Legend: CAROL . II . D . G . HISP . ET . INDIAR . REX . Reverse: Crowned coat-of-arms on Burgundian cross. Date (16-98) split in fields. Legend: ARCHID . AVST. DVX . BVRG . BRAB . Z°

The Spanish Netherlands (Dutch: Spaanse Nederlanden, Spanish: Países Bajos españoles) was a portion of the Low Countries controlled by Spain from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. When part of the Netherlands separated from Spanish rule and became the United Provinces in 1581 the remainder of the area became known as the Spanish Netherlands and was still under the control of Spain. This region comprised modern Belgium, Luxembourg as well as part of northern France.

Charles II (6 November 1661, Madrid – 1 November 1700, Madrid), was the last Habsburg King of Spain and the ruler of nearly all of Italy (except Piedmont, the Papal States and the Republic of Venice), the Spanish territories in the Southern Low Countries, and Spain's overseas Empire, stretching from Mexico to the Philippines. He is noted for his extensive physical, intellectual, and emotional problems – along with the consequent ineffectual rule – as well as his role in the developments preceding the War of Spanish Succession.