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

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Descriptive Outline of the Coinages of Europe 411
in the seventeenth century so low down as 1659; but the
type at last degenerated into a conventional figure destitute
of individuality.
The administration of Leicester was concurrent with the
choice and acknowledgment of William of Nassau as Stadtholder
(1579-84), an office which was held by the Princes
of Orange with certain breaks, and made hereditary in
1747-
Tozvns in Holland
It is
necessary, in calling
attention to the somewhat
copious particulars already furnished, to recapitulate so far
as to subjoin a list of the chief municipal and feudal centres
within this territory, with certain additional remarks likely
to be of service to those concerned.
Alkmaar Fauquemont Ravenstein
Almeloo Fivelgo Ruremonde
Arnhem Franeker Schoonv7oorst
Batenborg Gembloux Selwerd
Bicht Gorkum Sneek
Bolsverd Groningen Stavoren
Born Gronsfeld Steyn
Breda Harderwijk Thorn
Bunde Hoorn Utrecht
Campen
Koevorden
Vogelsanck
Cuilemborg Leeuarden Weert
Cuinre Limbourg Workum
Daventer Maestricht Zalt Bommel
Dordrecht or Dort Megen Zutphen
Elsloo Nimmhegen Zvvolle
Enkhuisen
Randerode
All these have been rendered familiar names by their former
numismatic activity. Dordrecht, Enkhuisen, Hoorn, Harderwijk,
and Utrecht were the colonial mints. Stavoren was
an ancient seat of coinage of the Counts of West Friesland.
Batenborg, Bolsverd, Cuilemborg, Cuinre, Megen, Gronsfeld,
struck feudal money. The currency of Groningen in copper
commences at a very early date, and is
long limited to the
braspenning, of which we have seen examples dated 1509,