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1/2 Daalder '1/2 Leeuwendaalder' MO NO ORDI
| Issuer | Gelderland, Province of |
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| Year | 1589-1602 |
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| Weight | 13.07 g |
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| Obverse description | Armored knight standing to left with head turned to right, draped and wearing an ornate plumed helmet, holding a sword or lance; to his left, a lion shield bearing the arms of Gelderland divides the circular legend and the date. The figure is rendered in the bold relief typical of late sixteenth-century Dutch hammered coinage, with the legend running along the outer border and the date incorporated into the field beside the shield. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Leeuwendaalder and its fractional variants were minted primarily for export, not domestic use — the Dutch Republic flooded the Levant and Baltic trades with these coins because foreign merchants trusted their consistent silver content over local currencies they couldn't verify. Gelderland was among the earlier provincial mints to produce the type, operating with some independence before the Union of Utrecht tightened inter-provincial monetary coordination.
The long date range here reflects the chronic difficulty of attributing provincial Dutch fractions to specific years; many were struck from dies that remained in use well past their nominal date.