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Gold Écu 'Klinckaert' - Philip the Good, Regent
| Issuer | Holland, County of |
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| Year | 1425-1427 |
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| Reference(s) | Delmonte G#738, Fr#119 |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Philip the Good struck this issue during his regency over Holland, a title he held following the death of William VI's daughter Jacqueline of Bavaria — or rather, amid the prolonged political struggle to wrest it from her. The "Klinckaert" designation derives from the Dutch verb for clinking, a vernacular nickname earned from the coin's sharp, high-pitched ring when dropped on stone, a quality Flemish merchants used as a quick test of gold purity in market transactions.
The .708 fineness places it below the standard of Philip's Burgundian ducats, a deliberate concession to Dutch monetary customs of the period rather than a debasement.