2 Mites - Mary of Burgundy

Mary of Burgundy's reign over the Low Countries was defined almost entirely by crisis. Following the death of Charles the Bold at Nancy in 1477, she was forced to issue the Groot Privilege to the Flemish and Brabantine estates, surrendering powers her father had spent decades consolidating. The minting of small billon issues like this one was itself subject to those newly reasserted municipal and ducal privileges — local estates had regained meaningful say over coinage policy.

Mary died in March 1482 from injuries sustained in a riding accident, cutting short a reign of barely five years. This piece falls at the very end of that window.