1 Duit

Batenburg was a small barony on the Maas in Guelders, and its lords exploited the fragmented sovereignty of the Holy Roman Empire to strike petty copper coinage well beyond what their territory's size or trade volume could justify. The duit series from this period was produced in quantities that flooded regional markets, and the practice drew repeated complaints from neighboring provinces of the Dutch Republic, which was simultaneously trying to standardize its own copper circulation. The barony's minting rights became a political irritant precisely because they were technically legitimate.