NETHERLANDS. Dutch Republic & Spanish Netherlands. Copper Rechenpfennig. Issued 1587. Contrasting the prosperity of the Dutch Republic with the poverty of the Spanish Netherlands (30mm, 4.73 g, 5h). Dordrecht mint.
MVLTA SVNT MALA IMPIORVM, Spaniard standing facing; to left, Famine seated right; to right, Death (as a skeleton) seated left among pile of shields / QVI DNO FIDIT BONITATE EIVS CIRCVM / DABITVR, cornucopia overflowing with fruits and grains.
Dugniolle 3143. Choice Very Fine. Warm brown surfaces, with lighter highlights upon the higher points.
