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1 Guilder 'Karolus Guilder' - Charles V
| Issuer | Lordship of Overijssel (Dutch States) |
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| Year | 1546-1552 |
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| Value | 1 Florin (Gulden) |
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| Reverse description | A displayed two-headed imperial eagle whose breast bears a sixteen-fold heraldic shield representing the composite arms of the Habsburg dominions, all enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The devotional legend surrounds the design, invoking divine strength against enemies, with the mintmark placed at the terminus of the inscription. The eagle is rendered in the bold, stylized manner typical of mid-sixteenth century Low Countries hammered gold coinage. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Karolus Guilder takes its name directly from Charles V, under whose imperial authority the Dutch lordships were permitted to strike gold coinage during the mid-sixteenth century. Overijssel's issues from this period sit awkwardly in the monetary order — the lordship was not a major minting power, and production volumes were modest enough that surviving examples are genuinely scarce rather than artificially so.
Charles standardized gold coinage across the Habsburg Netherlands through his 1543 monetary ordinance, which fixed the Karolus Guilder's specifications across issuing territories. Overijssel's compliance with these terms places this piece within a deliberate imperial monetary integration effort aimed at harmonizing trade currency from Friesland to Brabant.