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2 Stivers 'Vuurijzer' - Mary of Burgundy
| Issuer | Holland, County of |
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| Year | 1479-1483 |
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| Value | 2 Patards (Stivers) (4) |
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| Obverse lettering | ✣ MARIA * DVCISSA * BG * COMIT * hOL (Translation: Mary, Duchess of Burgundy and Countess of Holland) |
| Reverse description | A quartered shield of Burgundy, incorporating the heraldic arms of the Burgundian dynasty, is superimposed at the centre over a floriated cross whose terminals branch into ornate foliate ends, filling the four quarters of the die. The shield displays the complex composite arms of Burgundy, including divisions for France ancient, Burgundy modern, Brabant, and Flanders, rendered in the late Gothic heraldic tradition. A beaded inner circle encloses the central device. The circumferential legend in uncial characters reads SALVV FAC PPLM TVV DNE with the date 1482, a Psalmic invocation meaning 'Lord, save your people'. The overall style is consistent with other Burgundian Netherlands issues of the period struck under Mary of Burgundy. |
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Mary of Burgundy inherited the Low Countries in 1477 following her father Charles the Bold's death at Nancy — a catastrophic battlefield loss that left the Burgundian state exposed on every front. To secure military support from the Flemish and Hollander estates against Louis XI of France, she was forced to sign the Great Privilege, restoring substantial autonomy to the provincial assemblies. Coinage rights were among the concessions that followed.
The 'Vuurijzer' — a firesteel, the badge of the Burgundian Order of the Golden Fleece — gave this denomination its popular name and linked it visually to dynastic identity at a moment when that identity was under acute pressure. Mary died in 1482 from a riding accident, and this type was discontinued shortly after.