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1 Duit - Philip II
| Issuer | Guelders, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1587-1590 |
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| Currency | Gulden (1506-1581) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1587 - - 1588 - 88 - 1589 - - 1590 - - |
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Guelders had been absorbed into Habsburg control following the 1543 Treaty of Venlo, which ended the prolonged struggle between Charles V and Duke William the Rich. By the late 1580s, the duchy was increasingly destabilized by the Dutch Revolt, and small copper coinage — the duit being among the lowest denominations — was struck to meet local transactional demand while larger silver issues became unreliable in circulation. Philip II never set foot in the Low Countries; monetary administration fell to successive governors-general operating under deteriorating conditions.
The vdCh 2 reference lists no entry for this type, which hints at genuine scarcity in the surviving die documentation.