Netherlands / Leyden, 1574 5 Stuiver PMG Choice VF35 NET with Countermark SCARCE

Netherlands / Leyden

 1574 5 Stuiver 

GRADED PMG Choice VF35 NET with Countermark

Repaired ,Surface Damage .

SCARCE

Pick # S101b

Earliest European Paper Money 80 Years War (1568-1748)

Siege money or money of necessity is a form of notgeld (emergency money) that was issued in times of war or invasion, such as during a siege.During the Eighty Years' War a number of towns and cities issued their own currency (money of necessity), for example during the siege of Leiden (1573–1574),when the Spanish were holding siege around Leiden's dikes the authorities issued diamond (square) silver coinage struck with a circular die. When silver ran out they used the same die to print money on cardboard from prayers books. This was the first usage of paper money in Europe.

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