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1/5 Philipsdaalder - Philip II
| Issuer | Utrecht, Lordship of |
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| Year | 1571 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse lettering | DOMINVS MIHI ADIVTOR (Translation: The Lord is my helper) |
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| Mint | Utrecht Mint |
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Utrecht's mint rights during this period were exercised under considerable political tension — the province was formally under Habsburg authority, yet local resistance to Philip II's fiscal and religious policies was already hardening into what would become the Dutch Revolt. This coin was struck just three years after the Council of Blood's most active phase under the Duke of Alba, whose forced war taxes were the immediate economic trigger for the uprising.
The 1/5 philipsdaalder denomination was a fractional solution to a real circulation problem: the full daalder was too valuable for most daily transactions.