1 Duit - Philip II

These duits were struck during the opening phase of the Dutch Revolt, when Holland's towns were lurching between Spanish control and rebel occupation. Philip II's name appeared on the coinage while William of Orange's forces were actively besieging and relieving the same mints producing them. The County of Holland continued issuing in Philip's name well after effective loyalty to the Spanish crown had collapsed — a bureaucratic inertia that makes attribution of individual pieces to specific political moments nearly impossible.