BELGIUM 2 Sols (Siege coinage) 1709 Spanish Netherlands, Tournai (County). Fine (hole/cancellation mark)

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1709, Tournai (County). Copper 2 Sols Coin. Siege coinage.

References: KM-A6 (KM-72 for the host coin).
Mint Year: 1709 (the host coin was struck ca. 1650-1660)
Denomination: 2 Sols (Siege coinage, struck over a 1 Liard coin of the Bishopric of Liege).
Condition: A small pierceing (possibly a cancellation mark), otherwise VG-F host coin with a VF countermark!
Material: Copper
Diameter: 25mm
Weight: 3.79gm

Obverse: Value [2] above mint mark of Tournai (Tower) and date (1709).
Legend: TORNACO.OBSESSO

Reverse: Blanc (traces of the host coin recoginzable).



The siege of Tournai was a siege of the city of Tournai, then part of the Kingdom of France, between 28 June and 3 September 1709. A Grand Alliance army under the British Duke of Marlborough successfully forced the surrender of the French garrison during the War of the Spanish Succession.

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