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Double Denier - Albert and Isabella 1st type
| Issuer | Burgundy, County of |
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| Year | 1608-1612 |
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| Currency | Livre |
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| Reverse description | The arms of Burgundy displayed centrally within the field, consisting of the traditional Burgundian heraldic shield. The device is enclosed by a beaded inner circle, with a circular Latin legend running along the periphery bearing the titles of the issuers as dukes and counts of Burgundy, and the date of issue. |
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| Mintage | 1608 - - 1609 - - 1610 - - 1611 - - 1612 - - |
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Albert and Isabella governed the Spanish Netherlands as sovereign archdukes from 1598, a political arrangement engineered by Philip II to sidestep the question of Dutch independence while keeping the southern provinces nominally within Habsburg orbit. Their coinage reflects this awkward dual sovereignty — struck in their joint names yet bound by monetary ordinances issued from Madrid. The copper double denier was a product of chronic small-change shortages across the southern Netherlands, a problem that had festered since the currency disruptions of the revolt decades earlier.