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Gold Gulden 'Burgundian' - Philip II
| Issuer | Guelders, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1568 |
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| Value | 1 Gold Florin (Guilder) |
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| Reverse description | Full-length frontal figure of Saint Andrew the Apostle, nimbate, depicted standing with his characteristic saltire cross held upright in his right hand and a closed book or bible cradled in his left arm. The saint is rendered in the late Gothic tradition characteristic of Burgundian-influenced Low Countries coinage. The date 1568 is divided and incorporated into the surrounding Latin legend, which reads DOMINVS MIHI ADIVTOR, meaning 'the Lord is my helper', a Psalm-derived motto. The composition is enclosed within a beaded circle, with the legend distributed along the coin's periphery. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Philip II never actually governed Guelders as a functioning duchy in any meaningful political sense — by 1568 it had been absorbed into the Habsburg Netherlands for over two decades, its last native duke Charles of Egmond having died without an heir in 1538. This coin is essentially a legal fiction, struck under Philip's authority using the Guelders ducal title as a convenient monetary franchise. The "Burgundian" designation reflects the broader currency tradition of the Low Countries rather than any distinct Burgundian governance.
The .774 fineness places it slightly below the Rhenish standard, a deliberate choice that gave Philip's mints a marginal seigniorage advantage over competing gulden issues circulating in the same region.