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Daalder - William IV Bust three quarters right; Dieren; 8 arms
| Issuer | Lordship of Bergh (Dutch States) |
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| Year | 1577 |
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| Value | Daalder |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A straight-sided heraldic shield composed of eight quartered coats of arms representing the lordships of Bergh, Egmond, Meurs-Saarweerden, and Culemborg, arranged in the formal style of late Renaissance Netherlandish heraldic coinage. The goblet mintmark of the Dieren mint appears above the shield. The surrounding legend, interrupted by mullets, reads in abbreviated Latin identifying this as new silver money struck at Dieren, with the last two digits of the year (77) concluding the inscription. |
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William IV of Berg died in 1574, making this 1577 issue a posthumous striking authorized by his successors to maintain continuity of lordship coinage during the opening chaos of the Dutch Revolt. The mint at Dieren, operating under increasingly precarious conditions as Spanish forces moved through Gelderland, produced daalders of notoriously inconsistent weight and planchet quality throughout this period — a known problem with the type rather than individual handling.
The eight-armed shield configuration directly reflects the accumulated territorial claims of the Bergh lordship at the time of striking.