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1 Daalder `Uniedaalder` - Philip II
| Issuer | Spanish Netherlands (Duchy of Guelders, Dutch States) |
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| Year | 1579 |
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| Value | 1 Daalder (1.5) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | · PHS · D : G · HISP · Z · REX · DVX · GEL · C · 3 15✤79 (Translation: Philip, by the grace of God, King of Spain, Duke of Gelderland, Count of Zutphen) |
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The Uniedaalder takes its name directly from the Union of Utrecht, signed in January 1579 — the same year this coin was struck — in which the northern provinces formalized their resistance against Spanish Habsburg rule. Guelders was among the original signatories. That a coin bearing Philip II's name was simultaneously issued under the authority of those same rebellious provinces captures the administrative chaos of the early revolt: the machinery of Spanish imperial coinage had not yet been dismantled, even as the political break was being written into law.
The .750 fineness was a deliberate reduction from earlier daalder standards, a pragmatic response to silver supply pressures during the conflict.