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1 Liard / Oord - Albert and Isabella 's-Hertogenbosch
| Issuer | Brabant, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1607-1609 |
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| Value | 1 Liard (Oord) (1⁄80) |
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| Obverse description | Crowned quartered coat of arms of Albert and Isabella occupying the central field, displaying the combined heraldic arms of Castile, León, Aragon, and Burgundy in a complex quartered shield surmounted by an elaborate crown. The peripheral Latin legend naming the joint rulers runs along the coin's circumference, partially visible on this irregularly shaped hammered flan. The die-work reflects the characteristic bold heraldic style of the Spanish Netherlands coinage of the early seventeenth century. |
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| Obverse lettering | · ALBERTVS · ET · ELISABET · D : G (Translation: Albert and Elizabeth, by the grace of God) |
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Albert and Isabella governed the Spanish Netherlands jointly following their marriage in 1599, a dynastic arrangement designed to give the southern provinces a nominally autonomous court in Brussels while maintaining Habsburg control. The 's-Hertogenbosch mint — one of the few Brabantine facilities still operating under Spanish authority at this date — struck these liards to address a chronic shortage of petty coinage in the southern Low Countries, a problem that had worsened considerably during decades of war with the northern provinces. The copper oord was essentially emergency small change, filling a gap the silver coinage could not reach.
Witte references 991 and 992 suggest two distinct die marriages for this type across the production window.