1 Duit - Philip II

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.