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Crown 'Zonnekroon' - Charles V with C ZVT
| Issuer | Guelders, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1544 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The "Zonnekroon" — sun crown — takes its name from the radiating crown type popularized in the Burgundian Netherlands, and this Guelders issue sits in a politically charged moment: 1544 was the year Charles V finally extinguished Guelders' independence entirely, absorbing the duchy into the Habsburg Netherlands following decades of resistance under William of Cleves. The C ZVT mintmark combination is sufficiently rare that this specific die marriage goes unrecorded in both Gelder-Hengst and Van der Chijs, making positive attribution dependent on Delmonte and Friedberg cross-referencing alone.