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| Issuer | Duchy of Guelders |
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| Year | 1591-1593 |
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| Weight | 29.38 g |
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| Obverse lettering | MONETA· NOVA· ARGEN· DVC· GELRIÆ· CO· Z ✥ (Translation: New silver coinage of the Duchy of Gelderland and County of Zutphen) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Guelders had been a persistent thorn in Habsburg administration throughout the sixteenth century, and these daalders were struck during the final years of the duchy's practical autonomy before consolidation under Spanish-aligned governance. Philip II's name appears on a coin issued from a territory that had spent decades resisting his father's authority — Charles V had only secured Guelders by force in 1543 after the death of the last Egmont duke.
The Burgundian cross type was a deliberate political statement, asserting dynastic continuity with the old Valois-Burgundian inheritance. The three-year window of this issue is narrow, and the Delmonte listing reflects genuine scarcity in well-attributed examples.