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1/2 Rijksdaalder '1/2 Leicesterrijksdaalder' 7 provinces
| Issuer | States of Holland and West Friesland (Dutch Republic) |
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| Year | 1595 |
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| Reference(s) | Ver#211.1 , Delmonte S#912 , HPM#Ho35 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central quartered shield of arms displaying the heraldic devices of the seven United Provinces of the Netherlands, with the date 1595 divided above the shield. The arms are rendered in four quadrants featuring rampant lions, a walking lion, horizontal wavy bars, and other provincial devices characteristic of the period. The shield is surrounded by a beaded circle, with the full Latin monetary legend encircling the design in the outer field. |
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The so-called Leicesterrijksdaalder series takes its nickname from Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, whose disastrous tenure as Governor-General of the Dutch Republic ended in 1587 — yet the type bearing his associated arms continued to be struck for years afterward. Holland and West Friesland issued this half denomination at a moment when the Republic was still financing its own survival against Spanish forces, with coinage serving as much as a political assertion of provincial independence as a medium of exchange.
The 1595 date places this piece squarely in the period before the Union's finances stabilized under the guidance of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt.