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1 Stuiver - Herman Diederik van Bronckhorst
| Issuer | Barony of Batenburg (Dutch States) |
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| Year | 1573-1602 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by an elaborate floriated cross with fleur-de-lis terminals, each arm richly ornamented with foliate and scroll motifs in the late Gothic-Renaissance hammered style. The four quadrants formed by the cross arms display additional decorative foliage elements. A circular Latin legend surrounds the design, reading '+ HER + THE + + BRO + BA + B +', abbreviating the name and titles of Herman Diederik van Bronckhorst, Baron of Batenburg. The flan is irregular in shape, characteristic of hand-hammered coinage of the period. The overall composition reflects the regional Low Countries minting tradition of the late sixteenth century. |
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| Mintage | ND (1573-1602) |
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Batenburg was one of the smallest sovereign entities in the fragmented Dutch political world, a tiny barony wedged between Gelderland and the emerging Dutch Republic. Herman Diederik van Bronckhorst inherited the lordship in 1573 and almost immediately began exercising his minting rights — a privilege the major provinces were actively trying to suppress in lesser territories throughout this period. The Union of Utrecht in 1579 specifically targeted the monetary chaos caused by exactly these small-denomination issues from minor lordships flooding regional markets with underweight or debased small silver.
The barony itself was absorbed into Gelderland by the early seventeenth century, ending the mint's output.