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1/2 Rijksdaalder '1/2 Leicesterrijksdaalder'
| Issuer | Province of Holland (Dutch Republic) |
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| Year | 1586-1587 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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These pieces owe their existence entirely to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, who arrived in the Dutch Republic in late 1585 as Elizabeth I's appointed Governor-General. The States of Holland authorized emergency silver coinage to pay his English troops — soldiers who would not accept the existing provincial issues at face value. The arrangement collapsed almost immediately. Leicester's governance was a political disaster, and he departed in disgrace in 1587, leaving behind a coinage struck across barely two years.
Holland struck these under direct pressure from the English command, which is why the type sits outside the normal provincial minting sequence entirely.