Mint Year: 1620 Denomination: Escalin Reference: Haeck 783, KM-23. Mint Place: Bruges (privy mark: lis) Condition: Struck with rusted dies, areas of wakness, lightly deformed, otherwise VF+ Material: Silver (.582) Diameter: 31mm Weight: 5.03gm
Obverse: Royal crown in legend above peacock with coat-of-arms at chest. Legend: ALBERTVS . ET . ELISABET . DEI . GRATIA .
Reverse: Crowned coat-of-arms on cross of Burgundy. Date (16-20) split at sides. Legend: AR CHID . AVS . DVCES . BVRG . & . CO . FL . z (privy mark: fleur du lis)
The Spanish Netherlands (Dutch: Spaanse Nederlanden, Spanish: Países Bajos españoles) in broad sense were the Seventeen Provinces, that came under Habsburg rule after 1482. After 1556 they were under the Spanish Habsburg branch. The northern provinces separated from Habsburg rule during the Eighty Years' War (1568-1648) and became the independent United Provinces after the Oath of Abjuration of 1581. The southern provinces remained under Habsburg rule and formed the Spanish Netherlands in strict sense.