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Brûlé of 8 Sols - Ernest of Bavaria Bust
| Issuer | Prince-Bishopric of Liège |
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| Year | 1590 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Crowned coat of arms of Bavaria-Palatinate, displaying the characteristic lozengy (fusilly) pattern of the Wittelsbach dynasty, flanked on either side by a small rosette in the field. The denomination VIII (8 sols) appears beneath the shield, all contained within a beaded inner circle. The encircling Latin motto legend occupies the outer field, with the date rendered as 90 within or alongside the legend. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ernest of Bavaria held the Prince-Bishopric of Liège from 1581 while simultaneously accumulating ecclesiastical titles across the Empire — he was also Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, Bishop of Freising, Hildesheim, Münster, and later Wittelsben. The brûlé was an emergency copper issue, its name derived from the French for "burned," referring to the fire-damaged or debased character of such coinage pressed into service during the monetary disruptions of the late sixteenth century.
The year 1590 fell squarely within the broader chaos of the Dutch Revolt, which repeatedly strained the finances of border territories like Liège. Dengis 988 is among the scarcer documented types of this short-lived series.