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Groat - Albert of Bavaria
| Issuer | Hainaut, County of |
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| Year | 1389-1404 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse lettering | ALBERT` DVX ⵓ DEI GA`ⵓ CES hAnOnI` (a small face inside the A of ALBERT) (Translation: Albert, by God`s grace Count of Hainaut) |
| Reverse description | A winged cross occupying the full field, with alternating lions passant and fleurs-de-lis in the four angles. At the center, a quadrilobe frame encloses the H monogram of Hainaut. The encircling Latin legend identifies the coin as a new coinage struck at Valenciennes, separated by lis stops. |
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Albert of Bavaria ruled Hainaut as regent from 1357 and then as count in right of his wife Margaret from 1389, governing the county from Holland rather than residing in Hainaut itself. His administration was frequently contested, and the coinage of this period reflects a county pulled between Bavarian dynastic interests and the pressures of the Low Countries monetary unions, which repeatedly forced regional lords to align their silver issues with agreed weight and fineness standards — not always successfully.