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2 Rose Nobles
| Issuer | Gelderland, Province of |
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| Year | 1583-1584 |
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| Value | 2 Nobles (18) |
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| Obverse lettering | MONETA · NOVA · AV · DVC · GELRIE · COM · Z (Translation: New gold coinage of the duchy of Gelderland and County of Zeeland) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Gelderland struck these gold Rose Nobles as deliberate imitations of the English Edward IV type — a coin still circulating widely in the Low Countries over a century after its original issue. The provincial authorities were exploiting a trusted design to facilitate trade during the early years of the Dutch Revolt, when monetary confidence was collapsing and merchants preferred the familiarity of the old English reckoning weight.
The two-noble denomination made it a heavy, high-value piece in a period when Gelderland's finances were under severe strain from Spanish military pressure along the IJssel frontier.