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1 Duit - Albert and Isabella
| Issuer | Roermond, City of |
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| Year | 1606-1611 |
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| Value | 1 Duit (Duit) (1⁄160) |
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| Obverse description | Central device features the quartered Habsburg coat of arms surmounted by an archducal crown, displaying the complex heraldic composite shield of Albert and Isabella as co-sovereigns of the Spanish Netherlands. The shield bears multiple quarterings referencing Castile, León, Aragon, and other dynastic territories, rendered in the characteristic flat relief of hammered low-denomination coinage. A circular Latin legend runs along the outer rim, partially legible through wear. The field surrounding the shield is plain, with the design occupying most of the flan. The overall style reflects provincial Flemish die-cutting of the early seventeenth century. |
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| Obverse lettering | ALBERTVS ET ELISABET D G |
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Roermond's duit issues under the Archdukes Albert and Isabella reflect the peculiar administrative layering of the Spanish Netherlands — the city retained nominal municipal coining rights even as the Archdukes' authority nominally superseded local prerogative. The 1606–1611 window corresponds with the negotiations and early years of the Twelve Years' Truce, during which small copper coinage circulated intensely as military pay and provisioning networks wound down and civilian commerce resumed.
Vanhoudt 607·ROE distinguishes Roermond's output from the broader regional duit production, where municipal attributions are frequently conflated. Die alignment inconsistencies across this type are well documented by Gelder-Hoc.