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Gulden Arms
| Issuer | Nijmegen, City of |
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| Year | 1523-1526 |
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| Weight | 1.79 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the crowned arms of Nijmegen — a shield bearing the imperial double-headed eagle — set within a trefoil or quatrefoil Gothic frame. The shield is surrounded by an inner beaded border, with a circular Gothic legend running along the outer margin. The design is executed in the late medieval hammered style typical of Low Countries municipal gold coinage of the early sixteenth century. |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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Nijmegen exercised its minting rights under imperial privilege during the early sixteenth century, and the gulden arms type belongs to a narrow window when the city still functioned as an independent monetary authority within the fractured coinage geography of the Lower Rhine. Production ran across only three years before tightening Habsburg oversight progressively curtailed municipal minting across the region. Surviving examples are scarce; the city's output was modest, and the small striking weight meant these pieces circulated hard.