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1 Duit TRA REC HEM
| Issuer | Lordship of Reckem |
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| Year | 1625-1660 |
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| Value | Duit (1⁄160) |
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| Obverse lettering | TRA · REC · HEM |
| Reverse description | Central field displaying a large heraldic shield charged with a diagonal bend or bar, surmounted by a decorative crown with scrollwork above. Flanking the shield on either side are ornamental flourishes or foliate elements typical of Low Countries seigneurial coinage. The design is crudely executed in the hammered tradition, with an uneven flan characteristic of locally produced copper duits of the period. |
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Reckem was a tiny lordship in the County of Flanders whose coinage rights were exercised opportunistically during the chaos of the Eighty Years' War, when Spanish Habsburg authority over the southern Netherlands was sufficiently disrupted that minor lords could strike their own copper with limited interference. The duit denomination itself was a workhorse of daily Low Countries commerce — the sort of coin that passed through market stalls and toll booths rather than treasuries.
KM#90 encompasses a production window of some 35 years, suggesting multiple die generations and likely inconsistent output tied to local economic need rather than any systematic minting program.