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1 Rijksdaalder `Helmeted Rijksdaalder / Prinsendaalder` Horn
| Issuer | Mint of West Friesland (Dutch Republic) |
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| Year | 1584 |
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| Value | Rijksdaalder (2.25) |
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| Obverse description | Half-length armored effigy of William the Silent (William I, Prince of Orange) facing right, depicted in richly detailed plate armor with an ornate gorget and ruff collar, grasping an upright sword in his right hand. The portrait is rendered in a robust Renaissance style with fine engraving of the beard and hair. The figure is set within a beaded inner circle, with the circumferential Latin legend reading clockwise and incorporating the date 1584. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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West Friesland began striking its own daalders almost immediately after the northern provinces broke from Spanish rule, and the Horn mint was one of the most active early producers. This 1584 piece falls squarely in the opening years of the Dutch Revolt, when minting rights were exercised aggressively by provincial authorities to fund an ongoing war with no end yet in sight. The Prinsendaalder designation reflects its association with the Orangist cause — William of Orange was assassinated that very year, on July 10, 1584, in Delft.
HPM Wf 11 is among the earlier documented die marriages for this provincial type.