Noodgeld tijdens het beleg van Leiden, emergency coins used during the siege of Leiden in 1574. Left: De Leeuw with freedom staff and freedom hat and the peripheral: Haec Libertatis Ergo. In addition, the other side of the same currency: the weapon of Leiden and the peripheral: Godt behaved Leyden. Right: a coin with a lion with sword and the coat of arms of Leiden and the peripheral: Pugno Pro Patria 1574. On the other side the Latin name of Leiden: Lugdunum Batavorum.

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