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This specimen was lot 5062 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €3,200 (about US$4,402 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, <blockquote>"''NIEDERLANDE, GELDERN BOMMEL (ZALTBOMMEL), STADT. 1/2 Taler o. J. (1579-1582). Notmünze, geprägt während der Belagerung durch spanische Truppen. Von größter Seltenheit. Korrodiert, fast sehr schön/sehr schön. Erworben bei der Degussa, Frankfurt am Main.'' ([[Netherlands]], [[Netherlands, Gelderland|Gelderland]], city of Zaltbommel, undated half thaler, circa 1579-82, Emergency coinage, minted during the siege by Spanish troops. Extremely rare, corroded, about very fine to very fine.)
''Das strategisch wichtig auf der von den Flüssen Maas und Waal gebildeten Insel Bommelerwaard gelegene Bommel (heute Zaltbommel) war im Achtzigjährigen Krieg stark umkämpft. Die im westlichen Gelderland gelegene Stadt wurde mehrfach von spanischen Truppen belagert, konnte aber nicht eingenommen werden. Der Statthalter Moritz von Nassau-Oranien ließ Bommel in kürzester Zeit stark befestigen. Er bezahlte die Soldaten mit Notmünzen im Taler-, Halbtaler- und Vierteltalergewicht, die aus dem in der Stadt vorgefundenen Silber geprägt wurden. Während August Brause-Mansfeld diesen sehr seltenen undatierten Halbtaler in seinem Buch über die Belagerungsmünzen (1903) der spanischen Belagerung von 1599 zuwies, ordnete Delmonte das Stück einer Belagerung zwischen 1579 und 1582 zu.'' (Strategically situated on the island of Bommelerwaard—formed by the rivers Meuse and Waal—Bommel (today Zaltbommel) was fiercely contested during the Eighty Years' War. Located in western Gelderland, the city was besieged multiple times by Spanish troops but ultimately remained uncaptured. Stadtholder Maurice of Nassau-Orange had Bommel heavily fortified in a remarkably short period. He paid his soldiers using emergency coinage—struck in the weights of the thaler, half-thaler, and quarter-thaler—which was minted from silver found within the city. While August Brause-Mansfeld, in his 1903 book on siege coinage, attributed this very rare, undated half-thaler to the Spanish siege of 1599, Delmonte assigned the piece to a siege occurring between 1579 and 1582.)"</blockquote> Zaltbommel is on the south bank of the river Waal, about half way between Utrecht and Nijmegen. It was besieged several times by the Spanish during the Eighty Years War but was never taken.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 11.15 g, silver, this specimen 11,24 g.

''Catalog reference:'' Brause-Mansfeld Tf. 16, 8 var.; Delm. 564 (R3); Engel/Fabre/Perret/Wattier 4.17.21.2/1; CNM 2.48.6.

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]''
* Korchnak, Lawrence C., ''Siege Coins of the World, 1453-1902,'' Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, 2021.
* van der Wis, Jan, and Tom Passon, ''Catalogus van de Nederlandse Munten geslagen sind bet aantreden van Philips II tot aan het einde van de Bataafse Republiek (1555-1806), 2nd ed.,'' Apeldoorn, Netherlands: Omni-Trading b.v., 2009.
* [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, ''Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.

''Link to:''
* [[Gelderland 1579 uniedaalder Dav-8499]]
* [[s'Heerenberg 1579 daalder Dav-A8607]]
* [[Zaltbommel (1579-81) daalder Dav-8895|(1579-81) daalder, "MONETA• NO• FACTA• BOEME• S•TRI"]]
* [[Zaltbommel (1579-81) daalder Dav-8897|(1579-81) daalder, "MONETA NOVA FACTA BOEME"]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1579]]

[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 439, 440, 441]][[Category:Coinage of the Dutch provinces]]

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 This specimen was lot 5062 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €3,200 (about US$4,402 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''NIEDERLANDE, GELDERN BOMMEL (ZALTBOMMEL), STADT. 1/2 Taler o. J. (1579-1582). Notmünze, geprägt während der Belagerung durch spanische Truppen. Von größter Seltenheit. Korrodiert, fast sehr schön/sehr schön. Erworben bei der Degussa, Frankfurt am Main.'' ([[Netherlands]], [[Netherlands, Gelderland|Gelderland]], city of Zaltbommel, undated half thaler, circa 1579-82, Emergency coinage, minted during the siege by Spanish troops. Extremely rare, corroded, about very fine to very fine.)
 <p>''Das strategisch wichtig auf der von den Flüssen Maas und Waal gebildeten Insel Bommelerwaard gelegene Bommel (heute Zaltbommel) war im Achtzigjährigen Krieg stark umkämpft. Die im westlichen Gelderland gelegene Stadt wurde mehrfach von spanischen Truppen belagert, konnte aber nicht eingenommen werden. Der Statthalter Moritz von Nassau-Oranien ließ Bommel in kürzester Zeit stark befestigen. Er bezahlte die Soldaten mit Notmünzen im Taler-, Halbtaler- und Vierteltalergewicht, die aus dem in der Stadt vorgefundenen Silber geprägt wurden. Während August Brause-Mansfeld diesen sehr seltenen undatierten Halbtaler in seinem Buch über die Belagerungsmünzen (1903) der spanischen Belagerung von 1599 zuwies, ordnete Delmonte das Stück einer Belagerung zwischen 1579 und 1582 zu.'' (Strategically situated on the island of Bommelerwaard—formed by the rivers Meuse and Waal—Bommel (today Zaltbommel) was fiercely contested during the Eighty Years' War. Located in western Gelderland, the city was besieged multiple times by Spanish troops but ultimately remained uncaptured. Stadtholder Maurice of Nassau-Orange had Bommel heavily fortified in a remarkably short period. He paid his soldiers using emergency coinage—struck in the weights of the thaler, half-thaler, and quarter-thaler—which was minted from silver found within the city. While August Brause-Mansfeld, in his 1903 book on siege coinage, attributed this very rare, undated half-thaler to the Spanish siege of 1599, Delmonte assigned the piece to a siege occurring between 1579 and 1582.)"</p></blockquote> Zaltbommel is on the south bank of the river Waal, about half way between Utrecht and Nijmegen. It was besieged several times by the Spanish during the Eighty Years War but was never taken.
 ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

Zaltbommel (1579-82) 1/2 daalder - Revision history

LatinKing2020 at 04:14, 10 May 2026

LatinKing2020: Created page with "Künker sale 441, lot 5062 This specimen was lot 5062 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €3,200 (about US$4..."