Netherlands-Zeeland Jeton (Rekenpenning) 1596 Walcheren (Island). The defeat of the Spanish Armada at Cape Finistère. Sehr Schön

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1596, Netherlands, Walcheren (Island). The defeat of the Spanish Armada at Cape Finistère. Copper Jeton (Rekenpenning).

Mint Year: 1596
Province: Zeeland
Mint Place: Middelburg
Reference: Dugniolle 3406.
Condition: Uneven dark toning, otherwise VF+
Denomination: Jeton (Rechenpfennig) - The defeat of the Spanish Armada at Cape Finistère.
Material: Copper
Diameter: 30mm
Weight: 6.05gm

Obverse: Winged sea-monster with fountains on it´s back at sea.
Legend: * CALCVLI x ORDINVM x WALACHRIAE
Translated: "Counter token of Walcheren."




Reverse: Map of the island of Walcheren with numerous buildings.
Legend: PROTECTOR x ET x HOSTIS x 15 (privy mark: castle) 96 x
Translated: "Protector and enemy (referring to the sea)."




The defeat of the Second Spanish Armada in October 1596 (often confused with the famous 1588 Armada) was a retaliatory naval campaign ordered by King Philip II of Spain after a joint English and Dutch fleet sacked and burned the Spanish port of Cádiz earlier that summer



Walcheren is a region and former island in the Dutch province of Zeeland at the mouth of the Scheldt estuary. It lies between the Eastern Scheldt in the north and the Western Scheldt in the south and is roughly the shape of a rhombus. The two sides facing the North Sea consist of dunes and the rest of its coastline is made up of dykes.

Middelburg, the provincial capital, lies at Walcheren's centre. Vlissingen, 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) to the south, is the main harbour and the third municipality is Veere in the north.

Originally, Walcheren was an island, but the Sloedam, constructed in 1871 for a railway, and poldering after World War II have connected it to the (former) island of Zuid-Beveland, which in turn was connected to the North Brabant mainland by the Kreekrakdam (Completed in 1867). The Veerse Gatdam, completed in 1961, has connected Walcheren to Noord-Beveland.

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