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2 Groats - Reinoud IV
| Issuer | Guelders, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1402-1423 |
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| Value | 2 Groschen (Groot) |
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| Obverse description | Two heraldic shields side by side — those of Jülich and Guelders — surmounted by a single tournament helmet adorned with a peacock plume rising between them. Above the plume, a circle contains a double-tailed rampant lion passant. The design is executed in the bold, angular style characteristic of late medieval Low Countries hammered coinage. A circular legend in uncial Latin runs along the periphery, identifying the issuer. |
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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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Reinoud IV inherited Guelders in 1402 under a regency arrangement, his father Arnold of Egmond having been forced to cede control following years of dynastic instability. The duchy's coinage during this period was heavily influenced by competing monetary policies across the neighboring Rhine territories, with periodic attempts to align Guelders' silver issues to the standards set by the Rhenish currency union — a union Guelders never formally joined.
The vdCh 2#9.14 reference places this within Van der Chijs's classification of the Guelders groat series, a sequence marked by inconsistent silver fineness across the two-decade span.