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1/2 Gold Real - Philip II mule
| Issuer | County of Holland |
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| Year | 1562-1567 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears the quartered royal arms of Philip II of Spain — comprising the castles of Castile, lions of León, the fess of Austria, and fleurs-de-lis of Burgundy — surmounted by an imperial crown. The escutcheon is of the full Habsburg composite type as used in the Low Countries during Philip II's reign. A circumferential Latin legend reads DOMINVS · MIHI · ADIVTOR with a floral ornament, separated by pellet stops, encircling the shield. The mint letter H appears at the base of the shield, identifying the Haarlem mint. |
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A mule — two dies not originally paired — this piece combines elements from successive Philip II gold real emissions in Holland, a province then under Habsburg administration but with its own mint infrastructure operating at Dordrecht. The specific die marriage documented under Delmonte G#765 places it within a narrow window of production before the outbreak of the Dutch Revolt fundamentally disrupted mint operations across the Low Countries.
Mules of this type were not deliberate policy. They resulted from die keepers reusing available working dies across overlapping emission periods, an accounting irregularity tolerated until audits caught it.