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Groat 'Kromstaart' - Jacqueline and Philip the Good, Regent
| Issuer | Holland, County of |
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| Year | 1429 |
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| Value | 1 Groat (Groot) |
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| Obverse description | A rampant lion to the left occupies the central field, bearing a Burgundian escutcheon on its flank. The design is executed in the bold, angular style characteristic of early fifteenth-century Low Countries coinage. A beaded inner circle frames the central device, with the uncial Gothic legend running continuously in the outer margin. The lion's tail curves distinctively downward — the feature that gives this type its popular name 'Kromstaart' (curved tail). |
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| Obverse lettering | ✠ PhS ⵓ DVX ⵓ BVRG ⵓ TVTOR ⵓ Z ⵓ hES ⵓ h3 (Translation: Philip, Duke of Burgundy, Regent and Heir of Holland and Zeeland) |
| Reverse description | A long cross pattee divides the reverse into four quarters, each containing one of the quarterly arms of the Bavaria-Holland shield: upper left and lower right bear the lozengy arms of Bavaria, upper right and lower left bear the lion of Holland. The arms of the shield intersect the surrounding legend, a common compositional feature of Low Countries groats of this period. A beaded inner border separates the quartered shield from the outer uncial Gothic legend. The overall design reflects the dynastic claims of Jacqueline of Bavaria as Countess of Holland and Zeeland. |
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