1/4 Groat - John III

Megen was a tiny lordship on the Maas in Guelders territory, and its coinage output was modest almost by necessity — the political and economic weight of the lordship could hardly sustain serious minting operations. John III ruled across a period that saw the broader region convulsed by the Guelders succession disputes and shifting Burgundian pressure on smaller Rhine-Maas territories. That a quarter groat was struck at all suggests opportunistic participation in regional small-denomination demand rather than any systematic monetary program.