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1 Ducaton - Charles II Third bust
| Issuer | Brabant, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1682-1684 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | CAROL · II · D · G · HISP · ET· INDIAR · REX · (Translation: Charles II by God`s grace King of Spain and the Indies ...) |
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| Reverse lettering | · ARCHID · AVST · DVX · BVRG · BRAB · Zc · (Translation: ...Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Brabant, etc.) |
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Charles II of Spain never set foot in Brabant, and by the 1680s the duchy was administered entirely through a succession of Spanish governors-general in Brussels. The ducaton was Brabant's workhorse trade coin, circulating heavily through the southern Netherlands commercial networks at a time when Spanish Habsburg authority there was already financially strained — Madrid's chronic insolvency meant local mints often operated with irregular bullion supply, which accounts for the relatively compressed date range of this third bust variety.
The KM#105.1 and 105.2 distinction tracks a die variation in the bust rendering, both attributable to the Antwerp mint.