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1/2 Rijksdaalder `1/2 Helmeted Rijksdaalder / 1/2 Prinsendaalder`
| Issuer | Mint of West Friesland (Dutch Republic) |
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| Year | 1592 |
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| Value | 1/2 Rijksdaalder (1.125) |
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| Obverse description | Half-length armored effigy of William the Silent, Prince of Orange, facing right, depicted in three-quarter view with elaborately rendered plate armor, ruffled gorget, and curled hair. A sword is held upright in the right hand, its blade extending toward the upper left of the field. The date 1592 appears prominently at the top of the field within the legend. The circumferential Latin legend is separated from the central device by an inner beaded border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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West Friesland was among the most prolific and commercially aggressive of the Dutch provincial mints during the early Republic, striking large quantities of silver for a merchant economy that desperately needed reliable coinage to fund both trade and the ongoing war against Spain. The 1592 date falls squarely within the Eighty Years' War, when the newly independent provinces were simultaneously fighting Habsburg forces and building the financial infrastructure of what would become the most sophisticated capital market in the world.
The Delmonte and Verkade references place this squarely in a well-documented but genuinely complex series where provincial die practices varied enough that attribution can hinge on subtle differences in mintmaster marks.