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8 Stivers
| Issuer | Deventer, City of |
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| Year | 1618 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Within a beaded inner circle, the crowned heraldic eagle of Deventer displayed in the field, its wings spread and shield-charged breast facing forward, rendered in the bold relief typical of early 17th-century Dutch municipal coinage. The eagle's head is turned to the left, and a crown surmounts the design. A continuous Latin legend encircles the device, reading clockwise from the upper right, separated from the inner circle by a plain border. |
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| Reverse description | Saint Lebuinus, patron saint of Deventer, depicted standing in three-quarter view turned partially to the left, robed in ecclesiastical vestments, holding a long staff in his left hand and a mitre, while his right hand is raised in blessing. The numeral '8' and a value indicator flank the saint's figure on either side, dividing the denomination. Between his feet appears the Oversticht coat of arms. The date 1618 is incorporated into the circumferential Latin legend, which runs along the outer border of the coin. |
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Deventer's 8 Stivers coinage of 1618 belongs to a period when the city retained meaningful monetary autonomy under the loose federal structure of the Dutch Republic. The Generality had been pushing since the Union of Utrecht for greater standardization of provincial and civic coinage, a process the inland Overijssel cities resisted longer than most coastal counterparts. The .500 fineness reflects a compromise between the cost of silver procurement and the expectations of regional commerce along the IJssel trade corridor.