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1 Oord / Liard - Ernest of Lynden Shields type
| Issuer | Lordship of Reckheim |
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| Year | 1603-1636 |
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| Value | 1 Oord (1⁄80) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays a crowned quartered coat of arms combining the Lynden and Reckheim heraldic devices, with the lower portion featuring a lion passant, all struck in hammered copper relief. The crown surmounting the shield is of an open imperial type, consistent with the baronial dignity claimed by the issuer. A continuous Latin circular legend surrounds the shield within a beaded or plain border, identifying the issuer’s imperial baronial title and lordship of Reckheim. |
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Reckheim was a tiny imperial lordship wedged between the Prince-Bishopric of Liège and the Spanish Netherlands, and its right to strike coin was a perpetual irritant to both neighbors. Ernest of Lynden — lord from 1583 to 1636 — exploited that imperial immediacy aggressively, issuing copper small change across a span of decades that far outran local commercial need. The De Mey numbers 127–130 reflect meaningful die variation across the series rather than mere catalogue tidiness.