Daalder / 30 Stuiver 'St. Pancratiusdaalder' - Willem IV

Willem IV van den Bergh governed his lordship as a political weathervane — Protestant-leaning early in his rule, later returning to Catholic obedience under Habsburg pressure, and ultimately dying in Spanish-controlled territory in 1586. The St. Pancratiusdaalder takes its name from the patron saint of Bergh, whose cult was centered at the lordship's principal church. Issues from this series are unlisted in Van der Chijs, a gap that reflects how inconsistently the smaller Guelders lordships documented their own minting activity rather than any modern oversight.