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Daalder - Gertrude of Brederode Wildman
| Issuer | Vianen, Lordship of |
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| Year | 1577 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a crowned quartered heraldic shield bearing rampant lions in three quarters and a checkered pattern in the fourth, representing the combined arms of Bronckhort-Batenburg and Vianen. The shield is surmounted by a closed crown. A continuous Latin legend encircles the design within a beaded border, reading MO × GERT × DE × BRON × ET × BA × LI × DO × VI × TRIGs, attributing the coinage to Gertrude of Bronckhort-Batenburg, free Lady of Vianen, valued at thirty stuivers. The flan is irregular in outline, consistent with hammered production of the period. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Vianen was a tiny lordship wedged between Utrecht and Holland, but its lords exploited a jurisdictional grey zone that allowed them to strike coins largely outside Habsburg oversight. Gertrude of Brederode, who held Vianen as regent following her husband's death, issued this daalder in 1577 — the same year the Pacification of Ghent briefly united the Netherlands against Spanish rule, creating both political cover and commercial demand for local silver coinage.
The wildman type was a deliberate heraldic choice tied to the Brederode family arms, not decorative whimsy. Delmonte's scarcity rating for this piece reflects genuine rarity; Vianen's total minting output was negligible beside the great provincial mints.