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Crown - States in Revolt
| Emittent | Guelders, Duchy of |
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| Jahr | 1578 |
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| Nennwert | 1 Crown (21⁄10) |
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| Aversbeschreibung | 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. |
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| Reversschrift | Latin |
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Guelders struck this issue during the height of the Dutch Revolt, when the duchy's loyalties were fractured and its towns were caught between Spanish Habsburg pressure and the rebel provinces gathering under the Union of Arras and, later, Utrecht. The 1578 date falls precisely in the period when Guelders was oscillating between submission to Don John of Austria and alignment with the States-General — a political instability that makes attributing this coin's issuing authority more complicated than the catalog line suggests.
The Delmonte G#633 reference places it within a small, documented group. Surviving examples are scarce, and that scarcity almost certainly reflects interrupted production rather than low original mintage.