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1/2 Groat - Philip the Good
| Issuer | Duchy of Brabant |
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| Year | 1454-1467 |
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| Weight | 0.97 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Reverse description | Central design features a floriated or voided cross with ornamental terminals set within a beaded inner circle, with a lozenge or cusped quatrefoil in the center. Four quadrants contain decorative heraldic or floral motifs. A circular legend in Latin uncial script runs between the inner and outer beaded borders, identifying the coin as a new monetary issue struck at Mechelen or Leuven. The die work reflects the typical hammered technique of Burgundian Brabantine mint production in the mid-fifteenth century. |
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Philip the Good spent much of the 1450s and 1460s consolidating monetary policy across his Burgundian territories, repeatedly issuing edicts to suppress the flood of debased foreign imitations circulating alongside legitimate Brabantine coinage. This half groat belongs to that defensive monetary moment — a period when the ducal mint at Leuven or Mechelen was as much an instrument of political control as a production facility.
The billon fineness reflects deliberate policy, not negligence. Philip's moneyers were threading a needle between keeping coins attractive enough to circulate and cheap enough to produce at profit.