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Brûlé - John of Gaveren
| Issuer | Lordship of Elsloo |
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| Year | 1457-1480 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
| Obverse lettering | + IOhAn D GAVERE DOmI |
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Elsloo was a minor lordship in the Meuse valley, and John of Gaveren's tenure coincided with a period of fragmented monetary authority across the Low Countries, where even small seigneuries exercised minting rights as a revenue stream rather than a public service. The brûlé — named for its fire-blackened appearance from the annealing process used on low-value copper flans — was the workhorse of local petty commerce, handled by people who rarely touched silver.
Lucas#1 designation suggests this is the primary type in an extremely limited reference corpus for Elsloo, reflecting how little systematic study has been applied to such peripheral lordship coinages.