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1 Ducaton - Albert and Isabella Piedfort of double weight
| Issuer | Duchy of Brabant |
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| Year | 1618-1620 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The elaborately quartered coat of arms of the Spanish Habsburg-Burgundian dominions, incorporating the arms of Castile, León, Aragon, Austria, Burgundy, Brabant, Flanders, and Tyrol, surmounted by an imperial crown and supported by two rampant lions. A mint mark and value mark appear below the shield in the lower field. The whole is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with the circumferential Latin legend ARCHID · AVST · DVCES · BVRG · BRAB · Z.ᶜ around the periphery, abbreviating the rulers' titles as Archdukes of Austria, Dukes of Burgundy and Brabant, etc. |
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Piedforts of this type were never intended for circulation. The Archdukes Albert and Isabella used presentation-weight strikes as diplomatic gifts and court tokens — objects meant to impress rather than spend. Brabant's mint at Antwerp produced them in tiny numbers against specific orders, which is why survivor populations remain so thin across all known collections.
Albert died in July 1621, making the 1618–1620 window the final years of their joint rule. Any piedfort struck in this period carries the implicit weight of a regime already approaching its close.