1 Noble Flemish type

Gelderland's mint at Harderwijk struck these nobles during one of the most turbulent stretches of the Dutch Revolt, when the province was shifting allegiances and financing military operations with whatever specie it could produce. The Flemish-type noble was already an archaic denomination by the 1580s — a deliberate evocation of Burgundian monetary prestige at a moment when that prestige was being violently contested.

Delmonte's classification of this piece under G#638 places it among the rarer provincial gold issues, and Fr#230a confirms the French cabinet attribution. Surviving examples in any condition are infrequently encountered at auction.