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1 Daalder Piedfort of double weight - Philip II
| Issuer | Mint of Antwerp / Mint of Maastricht |
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| Year | 1557-1559 |
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| Value | 1 Ecu (Daalder) |
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| Obverse description | Draped and armored bust of Philip II facing left, with short curly hair and a beard, wearing an elaborately ornamented collar and pauldron with fine engraved detail. The effigy is set within a raised inner circle, with a beaded outer border framing the entire field. The circumferential Latin legend reads: PHILIPPVS D G HISP ANG Z REX DVX BRAB, with the date partially visible at the base of the design. |
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| Obverse lettering | PHILIPPVS D G HISP ANG Z REX DVX BRAB 1557 |
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Piedfort production in the Low Countries during the 1550s served a specific administrative function: these double-weight strikes were produced as presentation pieces and as official weight standards against which circulating coinage could be checked. Philip II had inherited the seventeen provinces from his father Charles V in 1555, and the monetary apparatus — including the competitive minting operations at Antwerp and Maastricht — continued under close Spanish oversight. The fact that this piedfort carries references to both mints reflects the parallel striking authority each held under the same royal mandate.
Surviving examples attributable to Maastricht are considerably scarcer than Antwerp strikes.