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12 Sols Brûlé '1/2 Aidant or Gigot' - Ferdinand of Bavaria
| Issuer | Prince-Bishopric of Liège |
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| Year | 1614-1615 |
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| Weight | 2.78 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the quartered escutcheon of Bavaria-Palatinate, surmounted by a ducal cap. The denomination numeral XII appears flanking the shield on either side. The surrounding legend reads FERDINAN . ELEC . COL . EP . LE(O) . XII, identifying Ferdinand of Bavaria as Elector, Archbishop of Cologne, and Bishop of Liège. The design is struck in the hammered tradition with characteristic irregular flan surfaces. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Ferdinand of Bavaria became Prince-Bishop of Liège in 1612 through the direct intervention of his uncle, Duke Maximilian I, who leveraged Wittelsbach influence across the Rhineland ecclesiastical network. The copper coinage issued under Ferdinand — including this piece — was deeply unpopular. The "brûlé" designation, meaning burned or debased, reflects the public contempt for low-value copper issues that flooded Liège during a period of monetary disorder affecting much of the Spanish Netherlands and the surrounding principalities.
The "gigot" nickname, a colloquial term attached to this denomination by local users, stuck in the numismatic literature long after the coins left circulation.