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1 Kromstaart
| Issuer | Frisia |
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| Year | 1425 |
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| Currency | Gold Gulden (1420-1498) |
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| Reverse description | A bold plain cross divides the reverse field into four quarters, each containing one letter of the inscription F, R, I, S — the initials of Frisia — arranged one per quarter in Gothic uncial characters. A circular legend in two registers surrounds the cross, reading in the outer ring and continuing around the field. The overall composition is typical of late medieval Frisian municipal coinage, with a strongly geometric layout. |
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| Mint | Leeuwarden |
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The "kromstaart" — literally "crooked tail" — takes its name from the distinctive form of the lion on the reverse, a regional iconographic quirk that distinguishes Frisian issues from contemporaneous Low Countries types. Frisia operated outside the direct monetary authority of the Burgundian dukes during much of the fifteenth century, giving local minting authorities unusual latitude in design and output.
Documentation on exact mint attribution within Frisia for this period remains contested among specialists.