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| Emittent | Duchy of Guelders |
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| Jahr | 1492-1538 |
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| Währung | Gulden (1506-1581) |
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| Aversschrift | Latin (uncial) |
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| Reversbeschreibung | A long cross pattée divides the reverse field into four quarters, each containing a letter or abbreviated element of the monetary legend, a typical design convention for small billon issues of the Low Countries in the late medieval and early modern period. The quadrants display abbreviated inscriptions referencing the territories of Gelderland, Jülich, and the County of Zutphen. A beaded inner circle frames the cross design, with the full circular legend disposed around the periphery of the flan. The strike is moderately weak with some flatness in the legend, consistent with the small module and hammered technique. The overall style reflects the transitional Gothic-Renaissance numismatic idiom of the early sixteenth-century Netherlands. |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
Charles of Egmont spent nearly his entire reign fighting to keep Guelders independent — first against the Habsburgs, then against Charles V specifically, who pressed a dynastic claim to the duchy through Maximilian I. The small billon fractional coinage of this period was practical war-economy currency, kept circulating through decades of intermittent conflict that drained the duchy's treasury repeatedly. Charles twice sold or pledged his succession rights and then reneged, making Guelders a persistent thorn in Habsburg consolidation of the Low Countries until his death in 1538 ended the line.