W. C a r e w H a z l i t t Coinage of the European Continent

Catalogue of Eiiropean Mints 109
Grave, N. Brabant, on the Maese, the source of boetdragers struck by
Thierri, son of Gerard, Count of Homes, about 1350, as guardian of
Jan. IV., Seigneur of Cuyck with Theodoricvs
;
Dei. Gra. Dns. Parviensis
[Seigneur of Pervez].
Greierz, or Gruyere, Switzerland, the place of origin of a sol of 1552,
struck in the name of the feudal prince and count.
Greifswald, Pomerania, struck during the siege by the Swedes in 1631
pieces in tin of i, 2, 3, and 4 florins.
Greiz, Reuss, a mint of the Counts of Reuss, 1621-79.
Grenoble, Dauphiny, a seat of municipal and episcopal coinage, and
by a convention between Guignes VIII., Comte d'Albon, 1319-33, of
money bearing the names of the bishop and the dauphin. Granopolis, or
Gronopol.
Groningen, the seat of a very early coinage for the Bishops of Utrecht
(nth c.), for the city, and for that part of North Holland the ; copper
Groningen : braspenning, 1593.
money dating back to 1505, and that in silver also bearing the date in
many cases as early as 1455. In the latter metal there were the jager,
the kromstaert, the ordinary groot, the piece of eight stuivers, etc. The
dated convention-money with East Friesland, 1507, was perhaps struck
here. Some very curious siege-money appeared in 1577 with Ordinaris
pcnninck Voor de Hofman Hendrick van Leer. There was more than
one variety. A second example before us is struck on one side only, and
bears the double-headed eagle surmounted by a G, and round it Necessitate.
4. Feb. 1577. An oord or double Hard was coined here in 1591 and 1594
during the sieges by Maurice of Nassau. In 1672, during the siege by
the Bishop of Munster, square pieces of 50, 25, \7\, and 6j stuivers were
struck. Of the two former there are several varieties, one of those of 50
having a view of the town and ramparts, and of the 25 stuivers a portrait of
the Duke of Holstein-Plon, commander-in-chief of the Netherland forces.
Gronsfeld, probably the mint of the Brederoden, Seigneurs of Bronkhorst,
Barons of Gronsfeld, a leading Brabantine family from the I4th to
the 1 8th c. There is a thaler of Johann Frantz, 1693, with a shield of
nine quarters. A daalder or thaler of Justus Maximilian describes him
as Count of Bronkhorst and Gronsfeld, Seigneur of Ebersteiri, Batenborg,
Alpen, and Honnepel. A J thaler of William van Bronkhorst, 1559,
bear the titles of Bronkhorst, Stein, and Batenborg. It was the head of
this house, Hendrick van Brederode, who was deputed in 1566 to convey
to the Duchess of Parma the demands of the Netherlands ;
and there is
this other very interesting feature in connection with the family, that the
exact amount is known for which their ancestor purchased the original
signiory, instead of receiving it,
as usual, in fee from the Crown. The
Brederoden raised troops at their own cost for the maintenance of the
struggle against Spain, and formally protested against the establishment
of the Inquisition in the Low Countries.