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Gulden arms not dividing circle
| Issuer | Kampen, City of |
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| Year | 1612-1619 |
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| Currency | Gulden (1590-1795) |
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| Obverse description | Three heraldic shields arranged radially within an inner circle, their points meeting at the center where a six-pointed star is placed, the shields not touching the inner circle. The design is executed in the bold, somewhat crude style typical of hammered municipal gold coinage of the period. The surrounding legend is separated from the central device by a beaded or plain inner circle. The overall composition reflects the civic arms of the imperial city of Kampen. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Kampen's gold gulden production in the early seventeenth century came at a moment when the city's commercial weight was already in long decline relative to Amsterdam and the VOC-era ports. These pieces were struck under the municipal authority's own mint right — a privilege Kampen held but exercised with decreasing economic relevance as the Dutch Golden Age concentrated wealth elsewhere in the Republic. The "arms not dividing circle" designation distinguishes this die arrangement from the more common variant and is the detail that separates casual attribution from correct one.