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1 Groschen - William V of Jülich-Kleve-Berg
| Issuer | Ravensberg, County of |
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| Year | 1580-1591 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central device features a long cross with a globus cruciger — a crowned orb — at its center, dividing the field into quadrants. The date is split across the upper quadrants flanking the cross arm, reading 1583 (as visible on the example illustrated). A beaded inner circle frames the central cross and orb motif, with the denomination implied through the standard Groschen format. The surrounding field carries a continuous Latin legend identifying the issuing authority and the monetary character of the piece. The overall reverse design conforms to the standard Groschen type widely used in the Holy Roman Empire during this period. |
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| Mintage | 1580 - - 13,216 1581 - - 90,720 1582 - 158Z - 26,320 1583 - - 86,464 1584 - - 59,560 1585 - - 61,040 1586 RNC - - 15,120 1587 RNC - - 9,184 1588 - - 33,488 1589 - - 41,776 1590 - - 20,832 1591 - - 9,632 |
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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.