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2 Groats '1/2 Meeuw' - Reinoud IV
| Issuer | Duchy of Guelders |
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| Year | 1402-1423 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse lettering | REInALD` · DVX · IVL · Z · GEL · Z · CO · 3 · (Translation: Reinoud, Duke of Julich and Guelders and Count of Zutphen) |
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| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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Reinoud IV inherited Guelders as a minor in 1377 and spent much of his reign maneuvering between the competing pressures of the Habsburgs, the Bishopric of Utrecht, and the Duke of Brabant. The "Meeuw" — Dutch for gull — nickname attached to this type derives from the spread-winged form of the eagle on the die, which local merchants apparently found more bird-like than heraldic. Nicknames of this kind were common in the Low Countries, where market users identified coins by appearance rather than official denomination.
The half-meeuw designation places this piece within a tariffed series, the full meeuw being the reference unit for exchange calculations in Guelders markets of the early fifteenth century.