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Gold Guilder - Nicolas II of Châtelet
| Issuer | Vauvillers, Lordship of |
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| Year | 1534-1562 |
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| Value | 1 Gold Florin |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a quartered heraldic shield superimposed upon a long cross, the arms of the cross extending to the inner beaded border. The shield displays multiple quarters with complex heraldic charges in late Gothic style. A circular legend in uncial Latin characters runs between the inner beaded border and the irregular hammered rim, reading NICOLAVS A CASTALETO, identifying the issuer as Nicolas of Châtelet. |
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| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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Nicolas II of Châtelet acquired the lordship of Vauvillers in the mid-sixteenth century and exercised the right to strike gold coinage — a privilege jealously guarded by minor Burgundian lords long after the French crown had moved to curtail feudal minting. The Dy féodales reference places this squarely among the rarer issues of private seigneurial coinage, a category that became increasingly difficult to defend legally as royal monetary ordinances tightened through the 1540s and 1550s.