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1 Duit TRAM REC KVM
| Issuer | Lordship of Reckem |
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| Year | 1665-1703 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Three-line Latin inscription reading TRAM / REC / KVM displayed prominently in the central field, serving as an abbreviated toponym for Tramecourt-Reckem-Kuurnhem. The inscription is enclosed within a wreath of stylized foliate branches, rendered in a crude hammered style characteristic of minor Flemish lordship coinage of the late 17th century. |
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| Mintage | ND (1665-1703) |
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Reckem was a tiny lordship in the southern Low Countries whose right to strike copper coinage was perpetually contested — petty lords of this scale often operated mints under feudal privileges that the Spanish, and later Austrian, Habsburgs were trying systematically to suppress throughout the seventeenth century. The duit denomination itself was the workhorse of daily Flemish commerce, filling a gap that larger authorities frequently neglected.
The nearly four-decade span of this type across KM#95 suggests either prolonged die use or restriking, not unusual for a minor lordship with limited mint infrastructure.