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1 Groat 'Vierlander' - Philip the Good
| Uitgever | Brabant, Duchy of |
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| Jaar | 1434-1467 |
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| Oriëntatie | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Schrift voorzijde | Latin (uncial) |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | A long cross pattée extending to the beaded inner circle divides the reverse field into four quarters, each containing a fleur-de-lis or lion passant, emblematic of the Duchy of Brabant and Burgundian dominions. The central intersection of the cross is adorned with a small ornamental device. The arrangement follows the Vierlander (four-country) typology standard to Philip the Good's billon groot series. The marginal legend in Gothic uncial script reads +MONETA:NOVA:DUC:BRABA, proclaiming this as new money of the Duke of Brabant. The coin exhibits the irregular flan and uneven strike characteristic of hand-hammered medieval Low Countries silver coinage. |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
The "Vierlander" groat takes its name from the monetary agreement of 1434 binding Brabant, Flanders, Hainaut, and Holland to a common coinage standard — one of the more ambitious currency coordination efforts of the medieval Low Countries. Philip the Good used this arrangement not merely as economic policy but as a tool of consolidation, pressing his scattered Burgundian territories toward practical unity decades before any political union was formalized.
The billon fineness uncertainty — .479 or .399 — reflects genuine ambiguity in surviving assay records, with different mints in the agreement striking to slightly different realized standards despite nominal uniformity.