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1⁄12 Ecu - William Henry shield of Orange and Nassau
| Issuer | Orange, Principality of |
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| Year | 1665-1667 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped and cuirassed bust of William Henry, Prince of Orange, rendered in three-quarter view with fine detail to the armour and drapery. The effigy is depicted in the baroque portrait style typical of mid-seventeenth-century feudal coinage. A peripheral Latin legend encircles the bust within a beaded border, identifying the prince by his titles. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Orange was a tiny Protestant enclave surrounded by French territory, and Louis XIV never disguised his intention to absorb it. William Henry — the future William III of England — inherited the principality as a minor in 1650, and these small silver fractions were struck during a window of relative autonomy before French troops occupied the town in 1672 and destroyed the mint entirely. The occupation was permanent in practice; the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 formally ceded Orange to France.
The die references spanning Dh#167–173 indicate meaningful variety across just two years of production.