Groat - Albert of Bavaria Eagle

Albert of Bavaria ruled Holland from 1358 until his death in 1404, a period marked by persistent factional conflict between the Hooks and the Cods — a dynastic struggle that had fractured Holland's nobility for decades before his accession. His coinage policy was partly a tool of administrative consolidation, asserting comital authority through standardized silver issues at a time when competing lordships frequently struck their own types. The van der Chijs reference places this groat within a closely catalogued series, and minor die variations across the sequence suggest production occurred across multiple minting sessions rather than a single continuous run.