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1 Oord 'Statenoord' - Philip II
| Issuer | Zeeland, County of |
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| Year | 1580-1583 |
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| Weight | 7.20 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | • PHS •. D : G • HISP • Z • REX • CO • ZEL • (Translation: Philip, by God`s grace King of Spain and Count of Zeeland) |
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The "Statenoord" designation marks a specific moment: the States of Zeeland asserting local minting authority during the early years of the Dutch Revolt, issuing copper small change in Philip II's name even as armed resistance against his regime was already well underway in the province. The political fiction of issuing coinage for a king whose governors you were actively fighting proved short-lived.
Vanhoudt 381·MD places this among the Middelburg issues, the MD mintmark distinguishing it from contemporaneous Zeeland copper struck elsewhere in the province.