Definition

• are not coins but small medalets bearings the figure of Philip II of Spain. After the compromise of Breda in 1566 certain of the nobles of the Low Countries were contemptuously referred to as gueux, i.e., beggars. They adopted this nickname and issued tokens with the inscription en tout fidelles au roy. The reverses bore clasped hands and a beggar's bag with jusques a porter la besace.

Quelle

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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