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Crown - States in Revolt

Issuer Guelders, Duchy of
Year 1578
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Currency Gulden (1506-1581)
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Obverse description Central field bears a crowned quartered shield of arms, displaying the heraldic devices of the Spanish Habsburg dominions, with an ornate imperial crown above. The shield is flanked by decorative elements in the field. A continuous Latin legend surrounds the design reading PHS· D: G· HIS P Z REX· DVX GE, identifying Philip II as King of Spain and Duke of Gelderland. The coin is struck in hammered gold, exhibiting characteristic irregular flan edges typical of 16th-century Low Countries gold coinage.
Obverse script Latin
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