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1/2 Rijksdaalder '1/2 Prinsendaalder'
| Issuer | Province of Holland (Dutch Republic) |
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| Year | 1583-1585 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse lettering | × MO × NO × ARG × COMIT × HOL × ZEEL × ❀ × (Translation: New silver coin of the counties of Holland and Zealand) |
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| Mintage | 1583 - - 1584 - - 1585 - - |
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Holland struck these pieces during the most precarious stretch of the Dutch Revolt, when Philip II's forces under Parma were steadily recapturing southern provinces and the Republic's survival was genuinely uncertain. The "Prinsendaalder" name derives from William of Orange, assassinated at Delft in July 1584 — meaning a portion of this date range was struck under a government that had just lost its founding leader mid-issue.
The .885 fineness was not arbitrary; it matched the Spanish colonial standard closely enough to facilitate trade in a monetary environment where Spanish reales still circulated freely alongside rebel coinage.