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Daalder - Willem V van Bronckhorst-Batenburg
| Issuer | Batenburg, Barony of |
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| Year | 1558 |
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| Diameter | 40 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Batenburg was a persistent thorn in Habsburg monetary authority — its lords struck coins that deliberately mimicked imperial types to gain circulation credibility while remaining technically outside Charles V's mint ordinances. Willem V van Bronckhorst-Batenburg exploited this ambiguity aggressively, issuing daalders through the late 1550s from a lordship so small it barely registered as a territorial entity. The practice was not unique to Batenburg, but Willem pushed it further than most minor Guelderland lords dared.
Philip II eventually moved to suppress these quasi-imperial issues, but enforcement across the fragmented Low Countries was uneven at best.