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Albus - Frederik IV van Moers
| Issuer | Lordship of Valkenburg |
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| Year | 1417-1448 |
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| Currency | Groot (-1506) |
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| Obverse lettering | FRED' ✿ C' ✿ D' ✿ MOIR SVD' (Translation: Friedrich Count of Mohrs and Saarverden) |
| Reverse description | Central escutcheon bearing the combined arms of Moers-Saarwerden, flanked by individual heraldic shields of Moers and Saarwerden, the entire armorial composition enclosed within a multi-lobed (polylobed) inner frame. The layout follows the standard heraldic albus reverse convention of the Lower Rhine region, with the escutcheons clearly differentiated in the field. A surrounding uncial Latin legend references the mint authority of Valkenburg, running between the polylobed frame and the outer beaded border. The irregular flan edges are typical of hand-struck medieval silver coinage. |
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Frederik IV van Moers held Valkenburg through a period of persistent territorial pressure from the Duchy of Brabant and the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, both of whom contested control over the lower Meuse lordships throughout the second quarter of the fifteenth century. The albus coinage issued under his authority reflects the monetary fragmentation typical of the Rhine-Meuse region, where dozens of small lordships exercised mint rights to fund local political survival rather than serve broader economic integration.
The Delmonte reference yields no catalog number for this type — a gap suggesting it escaped the compiler's net entirely, which is not uncommon for minor Valkenburg issues of this period.