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1 Daalder `Statendaalder`
| Issuer | Spanish Netherlands (Duchy of Guelders, Dutch States) |
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| Year | 1578 |
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| Reference(s) | Gelder Hoc#245-6 , Delmonte S#112 , HPM#Ge 19 , Ver#205.5 , De Voogt#10 |
| Obverse description | Half-length armored effigy of Philip II facing left, crowned and holding an upright scepter in his right hand, set within a beaded inner circle. The king is depicted in elaborate plate armor with fine engraved detail. The date 1578 appears split across the lower field, divided by the bust truncation. The peripheral legend, separated by pellets and set between the inner circle and the rope-bordered rim, reads: · PHS · D : G · HISP Z REX · DVX · GEL · 15 + 78, identifying the sovereign as Philip, by the grace of God King of Spain and Duke of Gelderland. |
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| Obverse lettering | · PHS · D : G · HISP Z REX · DVX · GEL · 15 + 78 (Translation: Philip, King of Spain and Duke of Gelderland) |
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The Statendaalder was introduced by the rebellious provincial States as a direct challenge to Habsburg monetary authority during the opening years of the Dutch Revolt. Guelders was among the earliest provinces to strike under the States' own name rather than Philip II's, a pointed political act at a moment when the Union of Arras and the Union of Utrecht had not yet formally split the Netherlands into two camps. The 1578 date places this piece squarely in the period of maximum uncertainty, before the 1581 Act of Abjuration made the break with Spain irrevocable.
The .750 fineness was a deliberate reduction from the Burgundian daalder standard, driven by wartime fiscal pressure.