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¹⁄10 Daalder '¹⁄10 Philipsdaalder'- Philip II Countermark
| Issuer | Zeeland, County of |
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| Year | 1573-1574 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Armored bust of Philip II facing right, wearing a ruff collar and elaborate plate armor, with the date 1571 positioned below the effigy in the lower field. The surrounding Latin legend runs along the coin's periphery. A small oval countermark of Zeeland — depicting a lion emerging from waves — is applied to the left field, punched over the original design as an official validation mark. |
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| Mintage | ND (1573-1574) |
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Zeeland's authorization of fractional countermarked coinage in 1573–1574 came directly out of the early chaos of the Dutch Revolt. With regular Spanish silver supply lines disrupted and small-denomination coinage desperately short, the provincial authorities resorted to countermarking cut or foreign pieces to authenticate them for local circulation. The Philipsdaalder — itself a coin Philip II had promoted across the Low Countries as a unified currency — was turned against its own issuer's authority when Zeeland began fragmenting and validating pieces bearing his name for rebel-controlled trade.