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1 Groschen - William V of Jülich-Kleve-Berg
| Issuer | Ravensberg, County of |
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| Year | 1580-1591 |
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| Thickness | 1.0 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | IN. DEO. SPES. MEA. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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William V ruled Jülich-Kleve-Berg from 1539 until his death in 1592, but the final decade of his reign was effectively governed by regents — William had been declared mentally incapacitated around 1566, a condition that worsened progressively and left him unable to conduct affairs of state. Coinage issued under his name during the 1580s was therefore authorized and administered by others, chiefly his wife Maria of Austria and the ducal council. The succession crisis his incapacity triggered would eventually draw in both Spain and the Dutch Republic, culminating in the War of the Jülich Succession after 1609.
Ravensberg was a county held in personal union with the Jülich-Kleve-Berg territories, which explains the issuing authority here despite the Jülich-Kleve-Berg titular attribution.