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Crown "Zonnekroon" - Charles V
| Issuer | Mint of Nijmegen (Duchy of Guelders) |
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| Year | 1544-1555 |
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| Value | 1 Crown (21⁄10) |
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| Obverse description | Crowned quartered coat of arms displaying the arms of Austria, Old Burgundy, New Burgundy, and Castile, with the escutcheon of Guelders superimposed at center. The shield is flanked by the symbols of the Order of the Golden Fleece — fire steels, sparks, and jewels — suspended from chains at either side. A radiant sun rises above the crown, which gives the type its popular name 'Zonnekroon' (Sun Crown). The peripheral legend in Latin identifies Charles V by his imperial and royal titles. The overall execution is characteristic of mid-sixteenth-century Netherlandish hammered gold coinage. |
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| Mintage | 1544 - vdChijs-2 20.1; Mintage includes all dates - 160,233 1545 - vdChijs-2 20.1 1555 - vdChijs-2 20.2 |
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Guelders had been a thorn in Habsburg flesh for decades before Charles V finally forced Duke William of Cleves to surrender the duchy in the Treaty of Venlo in 1543. This coin is a direct product of that capitulation — struck at Nijmegen the following year as Charles moved to integrate Guelders into the Habsburg Netherlands and assert monetary control over a mint that had previously struck coinage in open defiance of his authority.
The "Zonnekroon" designation refers to the crown type, distinguishing this issue within a broader family of Carolus gold. Delmonte's numbering places it firmly within the Guelders sequence rather than the more prolifically struck Brabant or Flanders emissions, making clean survivors notably harder to locate.