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1/2 Daalder '1/2 Bourgondische Kruisrijksdaalder' - Philip II
| Issuer | Overijssel, Lordship of |
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| Year | 1567-1592 |
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| Diameter | 35 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by the Burgundian cross, its interlaced saltire arms terminating in ornate firesteel flints characteristic of the Habsburg-Burgundian heraldic tradition. At the crossing of the arms, a central boss displays a fire-steel ornament, with the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece suspended below on a short link. The date is divided by the vertical arms of the cross, positioned in the lateral fields. A mint mark appears at the top of the field, above the uppermost arm of the cross. The outer legend, rendered in Latin, runs continuously around the coin within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | + DOMINVS + MIHI + ADIVTOR + (Translation: The Lord is my help.) |
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Overijssel's minting of this denomination fell within the chaotic overlap of Spanish Habsburg authority and the early stirrings of the Dutch Revolt — Philip II nominally ruled, but actual control over the eastern provinces was contested, intermittent, and sometimes purely theoretical. The Burgundian Cross type was a pan-Netherlandish monetary policy instrument, imposed to standardize coinage across provinces that had wildly divergent local traditions and that resisted unification at nearly every turn.
The Vanhoudt AN/MA reference indicates production split between Arnhem and Kampen mints, both of which served Overijssel during this window. Kampen in particular had a long history of civic minting independence that sat uneasily with Habsburg centralization.