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1/4 Groat 'Braspenning' - John the Fearless
| Issuer | County of Flanders |
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| Year | 1409-1416 |
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| Composition | Billon (.320 silver) |
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| Reverse lettering | MONETA ⋮ NOVA ⋮ FLANDRIA (Translation: New coinage of Flanders) |
| Edge | Plain |
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John the Fearless inherited Flanders through his father Philip the Bold in 1404 and immediately leveraged its mint revenues as political currency in the escalating conflict between Burgundian and Orléanist factions that would eventually consume him. The braspenning denomination — a low-value billon struck for everyday commerce — was precisely the kind of issue a lord needed to flood into circulation to demonstrate administrative control over a territory he was still consolidating.
John was assassinated on the bridge at Montereau in 1419, an event that permanently fractured Franco-Burgundian relations and accelerated English influence over northern France.